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DOMESTIC   SEEIES, 

ELIZABETH    AND    JAMES    I. 

ADDENDA, 

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Calendar — Addenda,  1580  to  1625  .  .  .  .        i 

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ADVERTISEMENT. 


The  present  volume  completes  the  Addenda  to  the 
Calendars  already  published  of  the  Domestic  State 
Papers  of  Edward  VI.,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  and  James  I. 
The  bulk  of  the  volTune  precludes  space  for  prefatory 
notices.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  thesQ  Calendars,  with 
their  Addenda,  include  all  the  historic  material  of  the 
period  hitherto  discovered  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 
and  the  searches  have  been  so  exhaustive  as  to  leave 
no  probability  of  further  discoveries  of  importance.  The 
Domestic  Calendars  may,  therefore,  be  considered  as 
completed  from  1547  to  1625. 

100,  Oower  Street,  -  M.  A.  E.  G. 

l^th  October  1872. 


DOMESTIC  PAPERS-ADDENDA. 


QUEEN  ELIZABETH. 


Vol.  XXVII.    1580. 

1580. 

Jan.  1.  1.  John  Crooke  to  Lord  Burghley.     The  master  of  my  bark  just 

Southampton,  arrived,  leaviug  AUeretho  iu  Biscay  16  Dec,  spoke  with  an  Irish 
captain  of  two  Spanish  barks  at  the  Groyne,  laden  with  calivers  and 
pikes  for  Dingle,  in  Ireland.  He  said  that  there  was  at  Lisbon  an 
Irish  bishop,  in  an  argosy  of  300  tons,  bound  for  Ireland,  set  forth 
bj'  the  Pope  ;  also  that  at  the  Groyne  were  12,000  soldiers  bound 
for  Andalusia,  where  galleys  were  provided  to  go  Adthin  the  Straits. 
[|  page-] 

Jan.  10.  2.  John  Went  worth  to  Lord  Burghley.     Being  informed  by  the 

Durham,  bearer,  George  Seaman,  that  there  is  a  commission  directed  out  of 
the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries  to  myself  and  three  others,  to  ex- 
amine witnesses  in  a  cause  depending  there  between  Nicholas  Hare,  as 
committee  of  Thomas  Rouse  and  himself,  which  is  to  be  sat  upon  the 
25th  of  this  month,  I  am  earnestly  required  by  Seaman  to  advertise 
you  that  my  occasion  is  such,  by  reason  of  my  attendance  at  the 
term,  that  I  cannot  keep  that  day,  and  Downing,  his  other  com- 
missioner, is  also  not  at  liberty.  The  like  commission  was  awarded 
last  Trinity  term,  when  both  I  and  Downing  were  ready  to  do  our 
duty,  but  it  was  then  stayed.  I  therefore  beg  your  letter  to  stay 
the  other  Commissioners  for  this  time.     [^  page.} 

Jan.  30.  3.  Decree  in  a  suit  between  Humph.  Wickham,   plaintiff,  and 

Thos.  Stemp,  warden  of  New  College,  near  Winchester,  and 
Martin  Culpepper,  warden  of  New  College,  Oxford,  defendants,  by 
consent  of  the  latter,  and  of  Thos.  Lark,  subwarden  of  Winchester 
college  ;  that  on  request  of  the  plaintiff,  his  two  younger  sons, 
Thomas  and  Ferdinand,  be  admitted  to  Winchester  college,  thence 
preferred  to  New  College,  and  there  admitted  as  of  the  blood 
of  the  founder,  but  without  any  special  prerogatives,  or  con- 
fessing that  they  are  of  the  same  blood.  Also  that  every  heir 
apparent  of  the  plaintiff,  or  of  one  of  his  brothers,  for  four  descents, 
be  admitted  into  the  colleges  as  ordinary  scholars  or  fellows,  but 
all  others  of  his  heirs  or  descendents  renounce  any  benefits  growing 
to  them  as  of  the  blood  of  the  founder.     [1;^  pages-l 

8.  '  A 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1580. 
Feb.  4. 
Ludham. 


Feb.  13. 


Feb.  21. 


Feb.  26. 

Guernsey. 


Vol.  XXVn. 

4.  Edmund  Bishop  of  Norwich  to  Lord  Burghley.  Eobert  de 
Graie,  gent.,  was  committed  for  matters  of  religion  by  you  and  the 
Council,  in  the  progress  at  Norwich,  and  since  removed  by  reason  of 
the  plague-to  a  place  in  the  country,  where  he  still  remains  prisoner. 
There  has  of  late  been  a  privy  seal  served  upon  him  to  appear  pe^ 
sonally  in  the  Court  of  Wards,  so  I  send  him  up,  having  dispensed 
with  the  condition  of  his  bond  entered  for  his  being  true  prisoner, 
so  that  he  returns  to  his  place  of  durance  after  his  said  appearance, 
unless  otherwise  disposed  of  by  you.     [f  page.'] 

5.  Bond  in  lOOZ.  by  Josias  Brand  of  Ipswich,  merchant,  to 
Geo.  Stoddard,  grocer  of  London  in  100?.  The  condition  is  that — 
Her  Majesty  having  granted  licence  under  the  great  seal  to  John 
Foxhall,  merchant  of  London,  and  his  assigns,  to  buy  and  export  a 
quantity  of  grain, — Stoddard  by  virtue  thereof,  and  in  consideration 
of  certain  sums  paid  him  by  Brand,  grants  him  licence,  during  the 
continuance  of  his  own  licence,  to  buy  and  export  from  Norfolk 
200  quarters  of  wheat ;  and  for  further  security  to  Brand,  has  com- 
mitted to  his  custody  a  letter  dated  8  Feb.  inst.,  subscribed  by  five 
members  of  Council,  and  directed  to  the  Commissioners  for  the 
restraint  of  grain  in  Norfolk.  If  Brand  does  not  infringe  upon 
his  licence  by  shipping  more  than  the  said  200  quarters,  and  returns 
such  letter  to  Stoddard  within  28  days  from  the  date  of  this  bond, 
in  good  condition,  the  bond  to  be  void. 

With  note  that  Stoddard  is  contented  for  300  quarters  more, 
residue  of  500  quarters,  that  Brand  sell  the  licence  for  200  quarters, 
at  5s.  a  quarter,  and  for  100  quarters  at  a  noble  a  quarter. 
Signed  by  Stoddard.     [1  sheet.l    Annexing, 

5.  I.    Receipt  by  George  Stoddard,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London, 

from  Josias  Brand  of  Ipswich,  for  a  letter  signed  by 
five  of  the  Council,  according  to  the  tenor-  above  named. 
[f  page.]  3  March  1580. 

6.  Account  of  expenses  incurred  for  labour  and  materials  in  re- 
pairing the  Lock  at  Waltham  Holy  Cross,  between  18  May  and 
30  June  1579,  with  the  names  of  the  persons  employed,  and  amount 
of  wages  paid  to  each ;  total,  562.  6s.  6^d.  Also  warrant  from  Lord 
Burghley  to  the  auditor  [of  the  Exchequer]  to  allow  the  amount  to 
Mr.  Glascock,  feodary  for  Essex.  [Booh  ofVj  written  and  19  blank 
pages.] 

7.  Bailiff  and  Jurats  of  Guernsey  to  Council.  We  will  observe 
your  orders  on  the  complaints  of  the  inhabitants,  and  also  in  not 
debarring  the  inhabitants  from  appealing  to  you.  We  have  pro- 
ceeded uprightly  without  malice.  You  bid  us  liberate  Nich.  Carey, 
though  John  de  Vic,  the  bearer  of  your  letters,  enticed  by  his 
tatber-m-law,  Nich.  Carey,  tried  to  suppress  them,  to  bring  us  into 
your  displeasure.  You  ask  the  cause  of  his  imprisonment.  It  arose 
from  an  action  of  debt,  brought  by  James  Guille,  a  jurat,  against 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,  ._„  Vol.  XXVn. 

Carey  who,  being  angry,  called  him  thief,  and  "when  required  to 
prove  his  words,  accused  him  of  detaining  a  rent  of  wheat  from  the 
Queen ;  failing  to  prove  this,  he  was  fined  20  nobles  to  the  Queen, 
and  20  to  the  party  offended.  He  appealed  to  the  Queen  and  you, 
and  as  no  appeals  had  before  been  permitted  ia  such  cases,  we 
imprisoned  him  for  so  doing. 

Pray  let  us  know  whether  aU  appeals  are  to  be  permitted  ;  we 
think  that  the  punishment  of  offenders,  and  matters  of  small  moment 
should  not  admit  of  appeals.  Carey  has  spoken  very  contemp- 
tuously of  the  Bailiff  and  Jurats.  We  crave  your  directions. 
[3  pages,  10  sigTiaturea.]    Annexing, 

7.  I.  Petition  of  Nich.  Carey  of  Guernsey  to  Sec.  WalsMigham. 
You  have  taken  in  hand  the  injustice  done  me  by  the 
bailiff,  jurats,  and  procurer  of  Guernsey,  on  account  of  my 
having  said  that  Jamss  Guille  had  defrauded  Her 
Majesty  of  her  com  rents  dwuefor  the  fee  of  Allians,  and 
as  on  my  supplication  to  Council,  a  privy  seal  was 
ordered  to  be  sent  to  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  sum/moning  the 
bailiff  omd  Jos.  Guille  to  answer  the  said  complaint, 
Hen.  Beauvoir,  jurat,  and  Louis  de  Vic  being  now  here, 
I  beg  that  before  they  leave  theki/ngdom,  they  may  answer 
for  the  wrongs  done  me.    [^  pa^e,  French"]. 

7.  n.  Petition  of  Hen.  Beauvoi/r  to  Cou/ncil,  on  behalf  of 
William,  Beauvoir,  bailiff,  and  James  Guille,  jurat  of 
Guernsey.  Nicholas  Carey,  a  jurat,  has  on  a  complai/nt 
obtained  a  writ  for  their  appearance,  and  an  order  to 
Sir  Thos.  Leighton  to  send  them.  Hearimg  this  at  South- 
ampton, wishes  to  declare  as  an  imjpedirtient  that  they 
are  very  old  men,  and  by  reason  of  sickness  unable  to 
travel ;  begs  that  he  m,ay  be  perm,itted  to  appea/rfor  them, 
I  a/nd  that  their  Lordships'  will  have  the  matter  debated 
before  them,  the  Queen's  procurer  being  also  here,  or  else 
send  a  com/mission  into  the  country  thereon.     [|  page.] 

7.  III.  Petition  of  Nicholas  Carey  to  Council.  The  supplication 
of  Henry  Beauvoir,  jurat  of  Guernsey, — showing  that  his 
brother  the  bailiff  and  James  Guille  are  not  able  through 
sickness  to  appear  before  you  on  the  summons  you 
granted  me  for  them, — is  untrue.  Henry  Beauvoir,  with 
the  rest  of  the  justices,  imprisoned  your  orator,  discharged 
Gwille  of  the  rent  he  owes  to  the  Queen,  a/nd  condemned 
him  to  a  fme  for  maintaining  her  right.  Requests  his 
detention  till  the  bailiff  a/nd  Guille  can  come.     [^  page.] 

7.  IV.  Petition  of  Nicholas  Carey  and  James  Le  Fevre,  jurats  of 
Guernsey,  to  Cowncil  for  release,  havi/ng  been  absent  frojn 
their  homes  ctflbd  i/mprisoned  in  the  Ma/rshalsea  seven 
months,  and  sp&ntall  their  mecms.     [i  page.] 

A  2 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1580.  Vo..  XXVII. 

Feb.?  8.  Articles  to  be  answered  by  the  Bailiff  and  Jurats  of  the 

island  of  [Guernsey  ?],  and  their  answers,  viz  : — 

1.  Against  an  evidence,  under  the  seal  of  the  island,  concerning 
sale  of  rents  or  lands  to  a  man  and  his  heirs,  no  heredital  con- 
dition other  than  comprised  in  the  evidence  can  be  admitted  by 
proof ;  but  if  the  condition  be  not  heredital,  it  is  not  usually  stated 
in  the  evidencej  and  witnesses  that  it  is  so  agreed  suffice. 

2.  No  appeal  against  sentences  of  the  Bailiff  and  Jurats  is  per- 
mitted but  by  consent  of  both  parties. 

3  and  4.  Statement  of  cases  in  which  men  ought  not  to  appeal 
from  a  less  to  a  greater  number  of  jurats.  Whosoever  does 
then  so  appeal  should  be  admonished  to  desist,  and  if  he  will  not, 
imprisoned  until  he  do  desist,  according  to  the  usage  of  the  island, 
time  out  of  mind.     [1^  pages.] 

April  -^.  9.  Chris.  Hodgson  to  L.  Johnson.  It  was  not  as  Mr.  Johnson 
Venice.  that  I  addressed  you,  but  as  my  father  who  brought  me  out  of  Egypt 
and  slavery.  If  a  man  is  not  plain  with  you,  he  does  not  love  you  ; 
and  if  a  man  is  not  so  with  another,  it  is  either  because  he  is  afraid 
to  displease,  which  is  not  love  but  fear,  or  because  he  looks  for  some 
commodity  from  him,  which  is  also  not  love  but  courtesy.  What- 
soever I  said  therefore  came  of  love,  and  if  I  said  you  had  forgotten 
me,  it  was  because  I  thought  so,  and  that  I  might  get  you  to  write. 
I  am  sorry  I  was  so  vehement.  I  doubt  not  you  will  interpret 
both  what  I  have  said  and  now  say,  and  pray  God  to  speed  you. 

1  mean  to  adventure  the  best  joint  I  have  with  you  one  day.  I  do 
not  desire  you  to  help  my  parents,  as  they  do  not  need  it.  I  have 
sent  you  1,000  grains,  five  gilded  crosses,  the  pardon  whereof  the 
bearer  will  tell  you,  and  three  A  [c/nus  Beis].  I  have  sent  you  all  I 
could  get,  as  I  shall  not  have  so  good  an  occasion  hereafter.    [1  page.] 

April  30.         10.  Sir  Thomas  Leigbton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     There  has  been 

Guernsey,     an  attempt  by  those  of  Brouage  to  surprise  the  Isle  of  Rh4,  but 

they  were  repulsed  by  M.  de  Soyion,  who  commands  there.    Then 

they  tried  to  take  a  rich  prize,  but  missed.    M.  de  Rohan  is  gone 

to  Rochelle ;  Monsieur  is  at  Anglers,  very  sick. 

Eight  days  after  my  arrival  in  my  charge,  the  two  worst  jurats 
died,  and  men  think  they  brote  their  hearts  through  shame  and 
fear ;  others  look  as  though  they  would  hang  themselves.     [1  page.'] 

April?  11.  "The  names  of  the  Queen's  Majesty's  subjects  being  and 
having  been  very  lately  in  these  parts  of  France,  besides  those  that 
be  merchants  and  trade  to  and  fro : — 68  in  Paris,  and  the  servants  of 
several ;  47  in  Rouen  ;  17  in  Orleans  ;  8  in  Nantes  ;  31  in  Rheims  • 

2  in  Cambray ;  3  in  Lyons ;  6  in  Douay ;  52  in  Rome ;  and  7  in 
Milan.  Also  "  The  names  of  such  as  are  in  the  college  at  Rome  to 
whom  the  Pope  gives  3,000  crowns  yearly  for  their  maintenance  " 
52 ;  besides  30  Italians  who  have  the  governance.  Names  of  six 
priests  sent  to  England,  28  Oct. ;  and  of  14  that  came  from  Rome 
25  Feb.,  proposing  to  go  to  England,  all  of  whom  have  money 
given,    m  pages,  damaged.'] 


1580. 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


Vol.  XXVIT. 


May  5.  12.  Thos.  Saunders  to  his  father,  Rob.  Saunders,  clothier,  Tavi- 
The  Groyne,  stock.  I  beg  your  daily  blessing,  more  worth  to  me  than  any 
wordly  treasure.  A  ship  of  Fowey  was  in  great  trouble  at  Cork 
Avyonne  in  Spain ;  the  owners  could  not  get  dischstrge,  but  they 
came  to  meat  the  Groyne,  and  by  aid  of  my  friends,  I  freed  them 
from  trouble.  I  lent  John  Synde  of  Saltash  40s. ;  I  send  you  his 
letter.  All  this  war  that  is  in  Spain  is  for  England.  Come 
hither  to  me,  and  you  shall  see  the  suddenest  plague  fall  upon 
England  that  ever  fell  upon  any  country.  Come  this  summer  or 
autumn,  and  I  will  load  your  ships  back  with  oranges,  and  pay 
your  freight.     I  am  well  beloved  here. 

P.S.— Tell  Robert  that  if  he  had  made  haste  here,  as  I  bade  him, 
he  would  have  gained  lOOZ. ;  pilchards  were  worth  35  ryals. 
[1  page.] 

May  9.  13.  Denis  Rouse  to  Laurence  Tomson,  secretary  of  Sir  Fras, 
Hampton.  Walsingham,  London.  I  desire  your  help  touching  the  appeal  for 
Jersey.  I  have  sent  there  for  a  copy  of  such  a  commission  as  I 
demanded.  Pray  procure  it,  or  the  poor  man  who  trusts  in  me  will 
be  deceived,  and  make  the  men  I  named  commissioners.  The 
bearer  shall  content  you  for  the  charges  and  your  pains. 

P.S. — Please  to  deliver  it  and  the  evidence  to  the  bearer,  Miles 
Carey,     [f  page.} 

May  19.        14.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester.     I  per- 

York.       ceive  by  your  letters  that  what  is  expected  by  many  here  and  much 

feared  by  others  is  not  so  far  concluded  as  is  r^ported.      I  wish  you 

may  never  have  cause  to  alter  yoiu:  opinion,  and  your  letters  make 

me  hope  well. 

I  am  going  to-day  towards  Richmond,  to  see  the  muster  of  the 
people,  as  I  have  heard  of  a  great  and  sudden  declining  of  many  in 
those  parts,  and  I  purpose  to  stay  all  Whitsunday,  because  most  of 
the  gentlemen  there  will  attend  me,  of  whom  I  mind  to  make  trial 
as  to  how  many  wiU  refuse  my  company  at  the  church :  for  I  hear 
that  on  Whitsunday,  the  parson  there  uses  always  to  administer  the 
communion,  and  God  willing,  I  have  a  mind  to  be  a  partaker. 

You  know  that  Richmondshire  was  a  shrewd  place  at  the  late 
rebellion,  for  though  the  beginning  was  about  Ripon,  yet  most  of 
the  people  the  Earks  had  with  them  were  of  Richmondshire,  I 
hope  the  warning  they  then  had  will  make  them  take  heed  how 
they  enter  again  into  any  disobedient  course.  Duty  binds  me  to  do 
what  in  me  lies,  and  this  occasion  may  be  some  furtherance,  or  else 
having  been  10  days  past  in  physic,  I  should  be  loath  to  take  the 
journey  so  soon. 

I  will,  as  you  desired  me,  impart  anything  I  hear  concerning  you, 
but  that  matter  which  causes  you  thus  to  write  is  not  worth  speak- 
ing of,  and  yet  I  think  you  should  know  it ;  but  I  have  a  mind  to 
learn  all  the  truth  first. 

P.S. — I  was  glad  that  Her  Majesty  stayed  your  journey  to  Wilton, 
as  your  stay  in  Court  was  never  so  needful  for  you  as  now.    No 


6  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1580. 


.     VoL.xxvn.  : 

doubt  you  will  hereafter  have  time  of  recreation,  with  good  liking 
to  Her  Majesty. "   [1  page.] 

May  20.  Commission  by  Sir  Ralph  Hayward  and  George  Barnes,  alder- 
men governors  of  the  company  of  English  merchants  ior  the  dis- 
covery of  new  trades,  to  Arthur  Pett  and  Chas.  Jackman,  tor  a 
voyage  by  them  to  be  made  for  the  discovery  of  Cathay.  [JJom. 
Miz.,  Vol.  CXa,  ff.  123-130.  Copy.  Printed  in  Hakhiyt,  VoL.  J.., 
pp.  487-490.]. 

May  26.  15.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Dr.  Dale  and  Thos.  Sackford,  masters  of 
The  Court.  Eequests.  There  is  a  controversy  between  Edw.  Bowes,  master  ot 
the  Queen's  game' in  Paris  garden,  and  Diggs  and  Cape,  about  a 
lease  of  ground  in  the  garden.  It  was  equitably  decided  m  Council, 
but  renewed  before  the  King's  Bench,  and  Diggs  and  Cape,  gaining 
the  cause,  disturb  Bowes  and  the  quiet  of  the  game;  but  Bowes 
exhibiting  a  bill  in  your  Court,  it  was  enjoined,  if  the  others 
went  to  law,  they  should  do  nothing  to  disturb  Bowes  till  you  had 
beard  the  case  at  large.  They  fear  your  impartiality,  so  wish  to 
revert  to  common  law;  but  I  entreat  you  to  have  the  cause  before 
you,  to  prevent  such  quarrels  as  have  happened,  to  the  hurt  and 
;.     *  danger  of  life  of  many  thereabouts.     [1  page.] 

May?  The  Queen  to  the  Chapter  of  Winchester.    We  recommend  you 

to  elect  John  Watson,  now  dean  in  that  church,  to  the  bishopric,  in 
place  of  Bishop  Home,  deceased.  [Wa/rmnt  Book  I., p.  86.  Bishop 
Watson's  eUotion  took  place  29  June  1580.] 

May  1  16.  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  at  Court.     On  my  landing  six 

days  ago,  I 'Wrote  to  tell  you  I  had  found  the  man  who  brought 
the  news  of  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Drake.  I  am  at  your  service ;  having 
finished  my  business,  I  go  to-morrow  to  Weymouth.  I  have  bound 
Eobert  Giles  of  Dartmouth,  before  Mr.  John  Weston,  in  2001.  to 
appear  before  the  Cpurt  of  Admiralty,  to  answer  touching  a  barrel 
of  cochineal  he  had  of  Clinton  Atkinson.  His  surety  is  Gilbert 
Peppet,  marshal  of  the  Admiralty  here,  who,  instead  of  aiding  us  as 
an  official  to  gain  our  own,  has  always  supported  Giles,  or  we  should 
have  had  our  cochineal  before.  I  think  lie  will  come  to  defend  him, 
for  he  has  said  I  shall  never  have  the  cochineal,  and  that  in  this 
affair  we  have  had  more  favour  than  any  stranger  ever  had  in  this 
kingdom.  Peppet  merits  punishment  as  much  as  Clinton.  He  has 
taken  20  days  for  appearance,  hoping  that  meanwhile  Clinton  may 
be  implicated,  and  he  may  be  able  to  defend  Giles,  as  only  having 
bought  the  cochineal  in  Dartmouth.  When  Giles  appears,  pray  let 
the  Admiralty  judge  detain  him  till  we  come.  [2  pages,  imperfect, 
Italian.} 

June  4.         17.  [W.  Parry]  to  Lord  Burghley.    If  Strong,  the  Irishman,  had 

Paris.       been  lately  taken  in  England  (and  he  narrowly  escaped,  being 

thought  a  Spaniard  by  his  complexion)  something  wottld  have  been 


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found  worth  discovering.  His  example  has  made  Welsh,  a  priest, 
more  waiy,  and  within  these  few  days  he  has  sought  means  to  pass ; 
but  missing,  returned  to  Paris,  where  he  yet  remains ;  he  intends 
shortly  to  go  by  long  sea  to  Waterford.  He  came  lately  from  Rome, 
with  charge  to  make  haste  into  Ireland,  but  through  England  if  it 
might  be. 

If  good  words  or  fair  promises  will  persuade  the  Earl  of  Kildare 
to  enter  the  service  against  Her  Majesty,  or  at  least  to  serve  coldly, 
it  will  be  attempted.  Welsh  has  instructions  to  deal  with  Sir 
Patrick  Welsh  of  Waterford,  and  some  principal  men,  to  like  pur- 
pose. If  Her  Majesty  would  increase  her  forces  in  Ireland  with 
some  speedy  and  extraordinary  charge,  it  is  feared  Desmond  would 
come  in,  or  soon  be  overthrown.  The  Earl  of  Ormond's  forwardness 
is  greatly  misliked,  and  yet  they  commend  his  faith  and  constancy 
to  the  Crown. 

The  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph  and  his  company  are  come  to  Rheims. 
By  letters  from  Rome  of  16  May,  I  perceive  the  Catholics  are 
greatly  comforted  in  that  Her  Majesty  would  write  to  any  man 
there,  as  she  did  lately  to  Cardinal  Sforza  and  Cardinal  Como,  and 
promised  Monsieur  to  write  to  the  Pope  in  favour  of  Palavicino, 
The  Cardinals  have  command  to  satisfy  her  for  the  manner  and 
cause  of  Palavicino's  imprisonment  •  but  whatever  good  words  are 
given,  or  upon  what  condition  soever  he  is  discharged,  it  is  meant 
he  shall  be  forthcoming  upon  sureties,  until  the  Pope  and  his  farmers 
for  the  alum  are  satisfied  in  their  demands.     [If  pages.^ 

June  7.  [Sec.  Walsingham]  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon.     I  send  you  an 

Nonsucl.      Admiralty  commission,  authorising  the  officers  of  Newcastle  to  set 

forth  a  ship  to  apprehend  pirates  haunting  those  quarters.     I  wish 

it  may  take  eifect,  as  some  Englishmen  are  committing  spoils,  and 

lurking  about  the  coasts  of  Suffolk. 

The  Queen,  hearing  of  the  backwardness  of  her  Lancashire  sub- 
jects to  embrace  religion,  has  sent  an  ecclesiastical  commission  to 
the  Bishop  of  Chester,  Lord  Derby,  yourself,  and  others,  to  bring 
them  to  more  dutiful  minds,  and  take  order  for  the  strength  of  that 
county.  You  will  have  notice  when  the  commissioners  meet,  and 
you  will  not  fail  to  repair  to  assist  them  in  execution  of  the  said 
commission.     [Dom.,Eliz.  Vol.  XLV.,  p.  75.] 

June  12.  18.  Francis  Earl  of  Bedford  to  Mr.  Sackford  and  Mr.  Dale, 
RuBseU  House,  masters  of  Requests.  Mr.  Tregosse  having,  by  means  of  Sir  John 
Killigrew,  been  hardly  handled  at  the  hands  of  Laurence  Rescadden, 
of  whom  he  bought  lands,  the  title  whereof  is  to  be  tried  before 
you  this  term,  I  beg  you  to  favour  him  for  my  sake,  as  he  is  my 
very  friend,     [f  page.] 

June  26.  19.  List  of  [12  fellows  in  Chrises  college,  Camhridge'],  showing 
those  who  are  with  the  master.  Dr.  Hawford,  for  Osborn,  and  those 
against  him  for  [Edward]  Negus,  candidates  for  a  vacant  fellowship. 
With  notes  of  four  others,  non-residents.  [|  page,  in  Burghley's 
hand.    See  Dom.  EUe.,  Vol.  OXXXIX.,  No.  27.] 


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June  ?  20.  John  Amyas  to  his  brother,  Richard  Amy  as,  leather  seller,  at 

the  Angel,  near  St.  Martin's  gate,  in  the  upper  end  of  Cheapside, 
London.  I  sent  you  a  letter  from  Paris  not  long  after  ray  depar- 
ture, and  others  to  be  delivered  in  Lancashire,  but  I  have  not  heard 
of  their  receipt,  nor  whether  you  have  recovered  your  sickness. 
I  shall  not  be  at  quietness  until  I  hear  how  you  are,  therefore 
certify  me  by  letter,  and  deliver  ifc  to  Mr.  Eden,  attorney  of  the 
Guildhall,  who  will  get  it  conveyed  to  me,  for  his  son  and  I  are 
bedfellows  in  Paris.  I  trust  you  have  already  answered  my  last, 
for  I  told  you  that  if  you  delivered  your  letter  to  one  Owenson 
Viserdine,  Italian  merchant  in  Mark  Lane,  and  directed  to 
Mr.  Covert,  of  Mignon  College,  Paris,  where  I  live,  I  should  hear 
from  you;  but  write  upon  the  back  for  John  Amyas,  for  so  they 
have  my  name,  otherwise  it  would  not  come  to  hand.  Send  me 
2f  yards  of  rat-coloured  cloth,  at  10s.  a  yard,,  to  make  me  a  cloak, 
and  deliver  it  to  Mr.  Eden  to  send  to  me  when  he  sends  other 
things,  and  I  will  pay  the  carriage.  Commend  me  to  my  sister 
Bess,  her  Mother's  little  Jo.,  with  my  friend  Mr.  Clement.  [|  page. 
See  Bom.  Elia.,  Vol.  OXXXIX.,  Nos.  10,  11.] 

June  ?  21.  Memoranda  \by  Burghley]  of  things  to  be  considered.      Three 

ships  and  troops  to  be  sent  to  Ireland  ;  with  note  of  the  charges 
for  coat  and  conduct  money,  transport,  victualling,  &c. 

That  the  deprived  ecclesiastical  Papists  in  England  be  collected 
and  sent  to  castles,  as  Wisbeach  and  Banbury ;  that  lay  recusants 
on  bond  be  sent  for  by  the  Commissioners,  and  bestowed  under  some 
guard  in  London ;  that  their  armour  be  seized.  That  all  such  as 
will  not  come  to  church  be  fined  and  imprisoned,  by  virtiie  of  the 
ecclesiastical  commission. 

Proclamation  against  new  buildings  in  London.  Lord  Hunsdon  to 
go  to  his  charge,  and  so  to  visit  the  King  of  ScotSi  Earl  of  Morton's 
party  to  be  maintained.     [If  pages.^i 

June  ?  22.  Petition  of  Henry  Beauvoir,  of  Guernsey,  to  Sec.  Walsingham. 

Being  in  attendance  on  Council,  about  an  untrue  complaint  of  Nich. 
Carey  against  Wm.  Beauvoir  and  James  Guille,  was  assaulted  in 
the  street,  near  Charing  Cross,  by  Nicholas  Carey,  who  struck  him, 
and  threatened  to  cut  off  his  ears,  without  any  provocation  given. 
Carey  was  not,  as  he  says,  imprisoned  for  showing  Her  Majesty's 
right,  but  for  disorderly  conduct  in  Court,  when"  condemned  in  an 
action  of  debt ;  abusing  his  antagonist,  and  then  failing  to  verify  his 
accusation,  for  which  he  was  fined  20  marks.  Requests  leave  to 
answer  more  fully  in  behalf  of  Beauvoir  and  Guille,  and  to  take 
advantage  of  the  laws  against  Carey  for  assaulting  him.     [|  page."] 

June  ?  23.  Petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  parishes  of  our  Lady  Castle, 
St.  Saviour,  St.  Peter  du  Bois,  and  St.  Sampson,  Guernsey,  to  Council. 
On  12  Sept.-last,  Her  Majesty  granted  a  commission  for  inquiry  into 
the  administration  of  justice,  and  the  commissioners  called  a  jury, 
who  examined  the  inhabitants,  and  found  many  grievances  in  the 
island,  which  they  laid  before  the  commissioners  in  articles ;  bat 


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,.„„  Vol.  XXVII. 

no  reformatio]!  has  .ensued,  and  matters  grow  worse.  Were 
coming  over  to  complain  to  the  Queen  and  Council,  when  they  were, 
by  command  of  the  Captain,  placed  in  confinement  in  fetters.  Beg 
reformation  of  their  complaints,  tlie  inhabitants  fearing  that  by 
breach  of  their  ancient  privileges,  they  shall  be  obliged  to  quit  the 
island.  Request  that  their  cause  and  that  of  St.  Peter's  port 
parish  may  be  committed  to  the  same  commissioners.     [1  page.] 

July  15.  24.  Notes  of  a  conversation  that  took  place  in  the  house  of 
Hyllery,  merchant  of  London,  in  presence  of  Hugh  Perrin  of  Jersey, 
and  Nicholas  his  son,  and  others  of  Guernsey.  Louis  De  Vic  said 
how  happy  and  profitable  it  were  for  tlie  people  to  live  in  due 
obedience  and  peace  among  themselves.  Edm.  Estur  said  it  were 
wise  for  us  to  unite  to  defend  our  liberties,  and  good  not  only  for 
ourselves  but  our  children.  Nich.  Petvine  said  we  ought  to  follow 
the  example  of  the  French.  When  the  English  were  at  Newhaven, 
and  France  in  miserable  state,  the  King  warring  against  the  Admiral 
and  other  noblemen,  yet  when  the  question  was  of  their  liberties 
and  safety  of  their  country,  they  fought  against  the  strangers,  and 
drove  them  out  of  Newhaven.  De  Vic  said  the  similitude  was  not 
good,  and  Petvine  bade  him  amend  it.  [1  page,  indorsed  "  Com- 
plaint against  Estur  and  Petvine  for  words.'"'\ 

July  20.  25.  Wm.  Parry  to  Lord  Burghley.  The  opinion  I  had  of 
Paris.  Mr.  Copley's  honourable  descent,  well  warranted  by  the  officers- 
at-arms  in  England,  with  testimony  under  seal  of  his  right  to  a 
barony,  made  me  the  bolder  to  give  him  the  honour  of  his  French 
creation,  which  I  wiU  by  your  example  forbear,  until  it  shall  please 
Her  Majesty  to  make  him  happy. 

I  found  him  very  glad  of  the  continuance  of  your  friendly  mind 
towards  him,  and  ready  thankfully  to  acknowledge  whatsoever  good 
you  meant  him.  But  he  takes  very  grievously  that  Her  Majesty, 
to  whom  he  always  protested  loyalty,  should  conceive  such  mislike 
of  him,  and  says  that  if  all  his  demonstrations  of  loyalty  had  been 
truly  delivered  to  her,  she  would  have  thought  better  of  him  ;  yet 
no  cross  shall  make  him  undutiful  to  her  in  whose  service  he 
desires  to  employ  his  life,  and  whatever  ability  47  years'  experience 
has  bred  in  him.  If  she  command  him  to  withdraw  from  foreign 
service,  or  confine  himself  to  any  Catholic  state, — either  for  her  public 
service,  or  to  pass  a  retired  lifej — he  is  content  to  do  so  ;  I  find  him 
sufficient  for  the  one  as  the  other.  He  seems  to  mean  good,  and 
Her  Majesty  may  with  honour  take  this  occasion  to  exercise  her 
clemency  towards  him.  He  has  erred,  and  is  penitent.  It  would 
be  a  pity,  by  rejecting  his  suit,  to  drive  him  to  despair  of  returning, 
and  strange  to  see  such  a  man  lack,  whose  credit  on  this  side  for 
anything  needs  no  repair.  Writing  to  the  Prince  of  Parma  for 
200  ducats,  to  perform  his  journey  to  Spain,  as  the  unexpected 
charge  of  his  eldest  son's  sickness  and  funeral  had  taken  his  pro- 
vision, he  had  an  order  for  double  what  he  demanded.    If  these  or 


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1580. 


Vol.  XXVn, 


any  other  considerations  may  move  you  to  procure  his  happy  return, 
Her  Majesty  will  never  repent  her  grace,  nor  you  your  pains  and 
travail.     [3  j)ages.'\ 

July  21.         26.  Nicholas  Martin,  and  five  other  jurats  of  Guernsey,  to  Council. 

Guernsey.  We  with  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  have  determined  as  you  ordered  us, 
the  cause  of  Thomas  Ourey,  he  accepting  us  as  judges ;  and  finding 
that  his  father,  he,  and  his  aunt  had  sold  their  right  to  their  lands 
in  this  isle  to  the  defendants,  we  have  given  sentence  against  him, 
on  which  he  has  appealed  to  the  Queen  and  your  Lordships.  We 
therefore  send  you  a  copy  of  the  proceedings.     [1  page."] 

July  30.  27.  W.  Parry  to  Lord  Burghley.  I  could  not  with  modesty  have 
Paris.  looked  for  so  ample  an  explanation  of  your  long  silence,  and  yet  I 
coald  hardly  spare  one  line.  At  my  first  coming  over,  it  was  strange 
to  me,  in  so  dangerous  a  time,  to  adventure  by  doubtful  hands  the 
carriage  of  my  letters,  but  I  have  now  learned  to  be  more  hardy, 
and  to  make  a  difierence  of  my  services.  In  answering  such  of 
mine  as  contain  matter  justifiable  in  reputation,  pray  write  by  or- 
dinary means ;  but  for  such  letters  or  instructions  as  by  interception 
may  turn  to  my  danger,  be  careful  of  me.  If  my  advices  do  not 
under  my  name  pass  beyond  Her  Majesty  and  your  hands,  1  have 
my  desire,  for  as  I  will  not  willingly  offend  any  in  Court,  so  shall 
it  not  cost  me  a  quUl  to  gain  the  favour  of  any  third.  I  will  use 
Her  Majesty's  warrant  and  your  favour  as  shall  become  me.  I  have 
no  means  to  send  so  often  as  I  would,  as  you  may  see  by  the  days 
noted  in  the  margin. 

].5th.  The  hope  conceived  in  Eome  by  the  continuance,  upon  so 
honorable  an  occasion,  of  that  which  may  prove  well  begun  by  Her 
Majesty  is  well  worth  the  entertaining.  Cardinal  Sforza  not  many 
days  since  secretly  discovered  his  great  desire  to  please  Her 
Majesty,  and  will,  if  he  be  well  followed,  do  the  same  grateful 
service. 

17th.  There  is  a  slanderous  book  secretly  printed  in  this  town, 
one  of  which  ha,s  been  promised  me  by  Julio  Busini,  the  Italian,  not 
unlike  the  treatise  of  treasons,  in  requital  of  that  which  was  written 
against  Monsieur  and  his  ministers  in  England,  and  the  lives  of  the 
Earl  of  Leicester  and  Sir  Chr.  Hatton  are  added. 

19th.  The  book  published  by  the  Bishop  of  Ross,  De  titulo  et  jure 
Marice  Regince  Scotorum,  and  here  by  his  order  openly  sold  since 
his  going  to  Rouen,  has  greatly,  ofiended  the  best  advised  of  that 
faction,  especially  the  Scotch  Ambassador,  who  misliking  the  Bishop's 
unreasonable  proceedings,  wished  his  zeal  had  more  discretion. 

20th.  Dr.  Allen,  mistrusting  the  good  speed  of  the  clergy,  arrived 
in  England,  and  finding  some  of  the  best  begin  to  stagger,  contrary 
to  their  promises  to  the  Pope,  sends  his  letters  daily  abroad,  excusing 
himself  to  be  no  dealer  in  matters  of  State,  but  wholly  occupied  in 
the  government  of  the  seminary.  The  Scotch  Ambassador  received 
letters  from  him  to  that  effect,  and  told  me  there  could  be  no  better 


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1580.  VoL.XXVn. 

finita  looked  for  from  so  weak  a  company,  whose  ill  consents  in 
Home  had  shaken  their  credits,  and  made  every  man  weary  of  them. 

22nd.  Being  this  day  with  the  Scotch  Ambassador,  in  company  of 
the  Earl  of  Crawford  and  Lord  Hamilton,  some  speeches  passed 
of  the  present  state  of  England  and  Scotland,  and  of  the  likelihood 
of  conjunction,  if  right  might  take  place.  Lord  Hamilton  told  me 
of  his  troubles,  his  departure  out  of  Scotland,  his  possibility  to  the 
Crown,  and  that  the  Queen  of  England,  contrary  to  her  promise  of 
indifferency,  dealt  very  partially  between  his  name  and  their  adver- 
saries, bewailing  his  fortune  not  to  find  indifierent  favour. 

25th.  This  morning  the  Scotch  Ambassador,  with  very  great  joy, 
told  me  that  the  French  Ambassador  in  England  had  sent  him  of 
late  the  greatest  hope  of  Her  Majesty's  favour  towards  the  Queen, 
his  mistress,  that  ever  she  received  since  her  coming  into  England ; 
that  she  went  to  Buxton,  and  that  your  Lordship,  of  whom  he  often 
makes  very  honourable  mention,  has  commandment  to  write  to  the 
Earl  of  Shrewsbury  for  her  reasonable  liberty  and  honourable  usage. 
He  told  me  that  some  of  Her  Majesty's  ambassadors  had  done  him 
wrong,  and  that  for  his  purgation  of  all  unhonest  dealing  against 
her  person  or  state,  he  could  be  content  to  put  himself  into  her 
hands  and  mercy.  He  touched  upon  Sec.  Walsingham's  passionate 
disposition,  and  spoke  of  some  letters  6f  his  that  had  been  inter- 
cepted. 

27th.  This  day  Timothy  Mocket  departed  hence  for  Spain,  with 
hope  to  have  his  pension  continued,  and  part  of  his  losses  repaired. 

29th.  I  hear  from  Rome  that  Mr.  Owen's  son  of  Godstow,  who 
was  in  the  seminary  there,  is  dea.d.  If  the  Earl  of  Westmoreland's 
humble  submission,  with  repentance  of  his  error,  be  not  ofiensive  to 
Her  Majesty,  nor  contrary  to  the  policy  of  the  times,  I  think 
(by  the  like  examples  abroad)  it  might  fall  into  consideration. 
[4|  pages.] 

Aug.  8.  28.  William  [Chaderton]  Bishop  of  Chester  to  the  Earl  of 
Whalley.  Leicester.  I  advertise  you  of  the  state  of  this  country,  that  you 
may  partake  the  hope  which  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  and  I  have  of 
reducing  Lancashire  and  Richmondshire  to  conformity,  and  to  desire 
your  advice  in  this  action,  wherein  the  Earl  of  Derby  is  become 
most  zealous  and  painful,  not  only  through  my  Lord  President's 
provocation  and  presence,  (a  rare  man  of  this  age,)  but  by  virtue 
of  Her  Majesty's  letters  lately  sent  to  him,  which  have  given  him 
such  encouragement  that  he  will  spare  neither  charge  nor  pains  to 
further  this  service. 

Lancashire  is  in  some  places  well  reclaimed,  for  even  in  the  field, 
where  14  or  15  usually  resorted  to  church,  I  have  at  my  sermons 
had  above  2,000  attentive  heai-ers.  Many  gentlemen  remain  obsti- 
nate ;  although  they  have  received  Her  Highness'  process,  they 
have  not  appeared,  neither,  being  fined  in  4>0l.  for  their  contumacy, 
have  they  made  submission.  The  commons  in  these  parts  depend 
much  upon  them ;  we  therefore  intend  to  proceed  against  them 


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speedily,  and  hope  in  time  to  reclaim  all  or  most  part,  especially 
if  we  might  expel  the  vagrant  priests,  and  place  learned,  zealous,  and 
grave  professors,  at  least  in  the  chief  towns,  wherein  we  purpose  to 
do  our  uttermost,  and  I  am  sure  we  shall  have  the  Archbishop  of 
"York's  furtherance.  As  for  my  Lord  President,  he  is  more  zealous 
and  takes  more  pains  in  this  reformation  than  any  two  Bishops. 
Pray  thank  him  for  his  goodness  to  me,  but  especially  for  the 
zealous  pains  he  has  taken  in  my  diocese.  He  has  kindled  an 
earnest  zeal  in  the  Earl  of  Derby  towards  religion,  and  reduced  a 
number  to  good  conformity.  Make  no  less  account  of  him  than  of 
your  own  soul,  for  he  loves  you  dearly.  It  was  full  time  for  Her 
Majesty  to  have  regard  to  these  countries,  not  only  in  respect  of 
religion,  but  her  ov/n  honour  and  safety. 

My  Lord  President  and  I  came  together  from  York  on  1  Aug., 
and  sat  at  Eichmond  the  day  after.  The  country  there  has  been 
and  is  far  out  of  order,  and  the  aldermen  there  told  us  that  they 
were  more  afraid  these  late  days  than  in  the  time  of  the  former 
rebellion  ;  and  not  without  cause,  for  men  were  verj'  open  mouthed, 
and  lived  to  their  own  lust.  My  Lord  Derby  and  I  meet  at  Preston 
on  Wednesday  next,  to  determine  further  proceedings ;  we  must 
prosecute  this  action  to  the  end,  or  we  had  iDetter  not  have  begun. 
This  service  is  painful  and  very  chargeable  ;  if  Her  Majesty  is  not 
gracious  for  my  fruits,  I  shall  never  be  able  to  continue  it ;  pray 
move  her  to  stand  my  gracious  lady.  The  fruits  are  very  small, 
and  my  Lord  Treasurer  has  given  me  good  comfort  in  his  last  letters. 
[2  pages.] 

Aug.  15.  29.  Eeceipt  by  Thomas  Eeynolds,  of  Stratford-upon-Avon,  for 
201.  from  Sir  William  Catesby,  on  account  of  601.  due  as  rent  for 
Shottrie  meadow,  Stratford-ujion-Avon  ;  with  note  that  the  re- 
maining 4<0l.  is  to  be  paid,  201.  at  AUhallowtide,  and  201.  at 
Michaelmas,     [f  page.} 

Aug.  ?  30.  Note  addressed  to  \_Lord  Burghley]  of  grievances  sustained 

by  the  inhabitants  of  Guernsey.  Many  have  to  pay  rents  due  to 
obits,  &c.,  which  rents  they  had  bought  of  Her  Majesty's  commis- 
sioners, only  their  letters,  though  signed,  were  not  sealed.  They 
therefore  desire  to  enjoy  their  rents.  Also  they  are  wronged  by 
a  sentence  given  against  them,  6  Dec.  1576,  touching  campart, 
which  is  a  twelfth  part  of  the  revenue  of  their  lands.  Sentence 
having  been  given  against  them,  contrary  to  the  law  of  the  island, 
they  request  leave  to  appeal  to  Council. 

Aug.  18.  31.  Dr.  John  Hamond  to  Laurence  Tomson.  You  ask  what  I 
London,  know  about  letters  of  conveyance  from  Her  Majesty  to  the  inha- 
bitants of  Guernsey  of  certain  rents  sold  to  them.  At  our  being  at 
Guernsey,  it  was  complained  that  divers  persons  had  bought  these 
rents  from  the  Commissioners,  and  got  letters  of  conveyance, 
which  were  left  unsealed,  and  therefore  void,  because  the  Commis- 
sioners, falling  out  among  themselvesj  departed.     On  our  report,  tlie 


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1580.  Vol.  XXVn. 

case  was  examined  by  the  Lord  Chief  Baron,  Attorney  and  Solicitor 
General,  and  myself;  we  said  the  poor  men  should  have  assurances, 
and  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  assented,  provided  they  contributed  to  the 
charge  of  those  who  should  be  sent  thither ;  only  he  wished  Nich. 
Carey,  by  whose  fraud  the  rest  were  abused,  not  to  have  assurance. 
■  Our  answer  was  written  by  Mr,  Solicitor,  on  the  margin  of  the 
report,  and  from  these  notes  the  orders  were  set  down  for  Peter 
Carey  and  others.  Since  these  men  were  here,  they  mention  the  same 
matter  in  their  complaints,  and  also  the  campart,  which  Mr.  Norton 
and  I  referred  to  the  committees,  and  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  thought  it 
reasonable.  I  wonder  they  should  omit  that,  as  at  other  times  it 
was  specially  remembered.     [  1  page.^ 

Aug.  22,  32.  Edwin  [Sandys]  Archbishop  of  York  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester. 
Bishopthorpe.  I  need  not  advertise  you  of  our  doings  here,  for  we  have  certified  at 
large  to  the  Council.  We  have  served  painfully,  and  I  trust  our 
labours  will  take  good  effect.  The  Lord  President  has  done  great 
good  service,  and  has  deserved  thanks.  If  we  may  be  well  assisted, 
we  shall  be  encouraged  to  go  forward  and  finish  this  good  work. 
We  labour  with  all  hands,  and  that  will  much  further  the  building, 
[i  page.] 

[Aug.]  S3.  [The  Council]  to  Lord  [Cobham],  Lord  Warden  of  the  Cinque 

Ports.  Her  Majesty,  finding  the  havens  of  this  realm  situated  on 
the  Narrow  Seas  utterly  decayed,  has  thought  it  necessary  to  have 
one  haven  on  those  parts  provided"  as  a  harbour  for  her  own  and  her 
subjects'  ships,  and  for  defence  of  the  realm,  and  to  annoy  the  enemy. 
Finding,  by  a  plan  recommended  by  you  and  taken  by  men  of 
skill,  that  no  place  is  so  fit  as  the  port  of  Dover,  which  without  a 
large  contribution  cannot  be  repaired,  she  has  willed  us  to  think 
upon  means  to  levy  a  sufficient  sum,  without  overburdening  her 
subjects.  As  besides  the  general  benefits  to  the  whole  realm, 
particular  commodities  are  specially  to  ensue  to  that  county  of  Kent, 
both  for  the  surety  and  wealth  of  the  inhabitants,  we  pray  you, 
both  by  yourself  and  other  gentlemen,  to  treat  with  the  wealthy 
persons  of  that  county ;  declare  to  them  Her  Majesty's  gracious 
intention,  the  necessity  that  the  realm  has  of  this  work,  the  great 
benefits ,  generally  to  arise  thereby,  the  particular  good  to  that 
county,  the  travail  that  has  been  taken  to  consider  of  it,  and  the 
likelihood  that  it  may  be  performed,  &c.  so  as  to  move  them  to  con- 
tribute liberally  to  this  charge.  If  the  contributions  arise  to  some  good 
portion,  the  work  shall  proceed,  which  else  might  be  suspended,  and 
it  will  be  an  encouragement  to  Her  Majesty's  more  abundant 
liberality,  and  an  inducement  to  the  wealthy  of  more  distant 
counties  to  give  liberally  ;  if  the  largeness  of  the  contribution  gives 
encouragement  to  go  forward,  the  work  may  the  sooner  and  more 
amply  be  attempted. 

As  delay  and  want  of  some  present  mass,  to  make  present  provision 
of  stone,  stone-making,  &c.,  against  next  spring,  may  lose  both  this 
year  and  another,  besides  peril  of  great  difficulties  which,  if  they 
should  be  lost,  the  sea  and  weather  might  bring,  to  the  overthrow  of 


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the  work ;  and  that  the  other,  counties  may  the  more  speedily  be 
dealt  with  upon  your  good  example,  we  pray  you  not  to  omit  the 
time  of  those  assizes  now  at  hand  ;  but  when  the  best,  of  the  country 
shaU  be  assembled,  diligently  to  set  forward  the  service.  Pray 
advertise  us  speedily  what  you  have  done,  with  the  names  and  sums 
of  every  person  that  shall  givfo     [2|  pages,  copy.] 

Aug.  1  34.  Notes  for  Dover  harbour.     The  Commissioners,  at  their  last 

meeting,  agreed  upon  filling  up  with  bavin  the  old  case  of  timber 
built  by  Henry  VIII.,  being  eight  roods  in  length,  for  the  staying 
of  the  beach,  which  must  be  done  before  winter,  or  the  plot  of 
the  harbour  may  be  in  danger^  [Thought  meet  the  same  should 
proceed.] 

That  a  commission  be  granted  for  taking  up  artificers,  labourers, 
timber,  wood  carriages,  both  by  land  and  sea,  spades,  shovels,  &c., 
without  which  that  which  is  presently  to  be  done  cannot  be  per- 
formed. [This  may  be  done  without  commission,  until  one  is 
signed  by  Her  Majesty.] 

That  there  may  be  one  or  two  skilful  persons  for  bavin  work  sent 
to  Dover,  before  the  coming  of  the  Commissioners,  or  shortly  after,  as 
it  will  be  a  charge  in  vain  to  have  them  here  before.  [Order  taken  to 
have  them  presently  sent  down.] 

That  five  dozen  shovels,  two  dozen  pickaxes,  spades  and  scavels, 
and  50  felling  axes  and  bills  be  sent  out  of  Her  Majesty's  stores  for 
present  work.  [Hot  thought  fit  to  be  moved,  as  the.  labourers  them- 
selves may  provide  them,,] 

That  there  may  be  felled,  and  provision  made  this  winter,  of  so 
much  wood  for  stakes  and  bavin  as  may  serve  for  the  next  summer's 
work,  as  the  country  will  be  unwilling  to  have  the  wood  felled  in 
unreasonable  times.  [To  be  considered  of  by  the  Commissioners,  after 
the  commissian  is  signed.] 

That  2001.  or  3001.  be  sent  down  to  pay  for  the  same,  as  also  for 
making  bavin  and  paying  the  carriage.  •  [Care  shall  be  taken  to  see 
that  the  same  is  fwmished  as  the  necessity  of  the  provision  shall 
require.  1^  pages.  The  passages  in  brackets  are  marginal  notes 
in  another  hand.] 

Aug.?  35.   Petition    of   the    merchants    and    citizens    of    Chester   to 

[Council]  for  relief  of  their  estate,  decayed  by  the  spoils  of  the 
French,  by  shipwreck,  by  decay  of  the  haven,  and  payments  of 
custom.  Bequest  restitution  by  the  French  of  goods  taken  from 
them  ;  discharge  for  the  present  from  customs  ;  for  the  free  citizens', 
licence  to  transport  calf-skins  tanned  in  the  adjoining  shires ; 
that  Chester  may  be  made  the  only  port  for  the  trade  of  Manchester 
cottons  ;  a  reversion  of  the  Lord  Chancellor's  licence  to  import  200 
packs  of  Irish  wool  yearly ;  the  sole  trade  in  export  of  Keswick 
copper ;  and  the  making  of  the  haven  at  the  Queen's  charge.  The 
Queen  has  not  had  one  Chester  ship  to  serve  her  affairs  to  Ireland, 
but  only  four  of  London  and  Bristol,  which  came  for  merchandise, 
and  repented  that  they  came  there.     [1  page.] 


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1580.  V0L.XXVn. 

Sept.  ?  36.  Petition  of  Denis  le  Roux,  of  Guernsey,  to  Council.     I  had 

a  lease  for  life  from  Sir  Thomas  Leighton,  captain  of  Guernsey,  on 
payment  of  a  fine,  of  certain  lands  and  rents  specified  in  that  island, 
belonging  to  him  in  right  of  his  office,  rent  171. ;  but  two  years  ago, 
the  ministers  of  the  isle  took  my  rent  grain  and  tithes,  pretending 
they  belonged  to  the  said  lands,  and  sued  me  for  arrears.  The 
bailiflf  and  jurats  would  not  hear  my  answer,  and  I  had  to  petition 
the  captain,  who  refused  to  suffer  me  to  enjoy  the  same.  I  appealed 
again  to  the  bailiff  and  jurats,  who  would  not  receive  my  proofs, 
so  that  I  am  like  to  lose  my  right.  As  Sir  T.  Leighton  is  in  London, 
1  pray  call  him  before  you  to  examine  the  premises,     [f  page.    Parch- 

ment.} 

Sept.  2.  37.  Dr.  John  Hamond  to  Sec.  WaJsingham.  I  have  considered 
Gosfield,  Essex,  the  case  of  Denis  Roux,  and  forward  my  report.  When  in  Guernsey, 
we  examined  the  complaints,  and  reported  on  the  facts  without  giving 
an  opinion,  not  being  commissioned  thereto ;  but  we  kept  notes, 
and  thought  that  though  Roux  was  a  troublesome  person,  he  was 
hardly  dealt  with  in  this  case  ;  though  they  are  unskilful  in 
drawing  leases,  we  think  that,  taking  a  lease  with  the  same  words 
by  which  similar  leases  had  passed,  he  should  enjoy  as  much  as  othei^ 
had  possessed.     [1  page.]    Annexvng, 

37.  I.  Bt.  HaTTiond's  report  of  the  case  of  Denis  Roux  of 
Guernsey.  He  was  convented  before  the  procu/rer  of 
Guernsey,  for  withholding  rents  due  to  Her  Majesty  for 
the  fee  Miveaux ;  the  question  was  whether  they  belonged 
to  that  fee  or  the  fee  Suart,  but  the  bailiff  and  jurats, 
taking  advantage  of  his  submission,  gave  sentence  against 
him.  We  who  went  over  exa/mined  the  case,  and  referred 
it  to  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  and  others,  who  decided  that, 
as  it  rested  on  matter  of  fact  and  there  rrvight  be  further 
proof,  the  sentence  should  stand  unless  reversed  by  appeal. 
Roux,  having  i/n  vaA/ti  requested  revocation  of  the  sen- 
tence, now  appeals.  He  cannot  receive  ain/y  remedy  about 
this  non-reversal,  because  they  could  not  reverse  a 
sentence  whereby  a  right  is  grown  to  omother,  but  Sir 
Thos.  Leighton  might  have  the  first  sentence  re-heard 
before  your  delegates  ;  the  Queen  would  not  be  prejudiced, 
as  Roux's  estate  is  only  for  the  life  of  Sir  T.  Leighton. 
[li  pages:] 

Sept.  ?  38.  Petition  of  Denis  Roux,  of  Guernsey,  to  Council.    Nine  years 

since,  was  in  partnership  with  Nicholas  Saumarez,  jurat  of  Guernsey, 
who  having  700J.  of  petitioner's  in  his  hands,  would  never  account 
for  it,  because  he  is  a  justice  and  jurat  in  the  island,  as  Sir  Thos. 
Leighton  can  testify.  Was  obliged  to  get  part  of  his  money  of 
debtors,  but  is  kept  from  400Z.  Was  also  wronged  by  Saumarez 
tearing  a  bill  belonging  to  two  strangers,  which  petitioner  had  paid  for 
him  in  his  absence,  and  could  get  no  redress  from  the  bailiff  and 
justices.     Was  equally  wronged  by  them  in  reference  to  the  rents  of 


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certain  lands,  and  they  have  broken  open  and  searched  his  house. 
Eequests  that  such  as  are  in  the  city  may  be  summoned  before  their 
honours,  and  ordered  to  give  him  speedy  redress,     [f  page.^ 

Sept.  ?  39.  Petition  of  Denis  Eoux,  of  Guernsej',  to  Council.     On  19  Feb. 

1578,  the  bailiffs  and  jurats  of  the  island  passed  an  erroneous 
sentence  against  petitioner,  and  imprisoned  him  31  days  in  the  castle 
for  appealing  against  it,  refusing  the  bail  of  his  sureties  for  5001. 
each,  and  threatened  him  •vyith  imprisonment  for  life  unless  he 
desisted  from  his  appeal.  Lost  2001.  in  shipping,  and  other  business, 
during  his  imprisonment,  and  fearing  the  worst,  was  forced  to  desist 
from  his  appeal  and  yield.  Bequests  them  to  summon  before  them 
Nich.  Carey  and  Hen.  Beauvoir,  two  of  the  said  justices  now  in 
London,  to  answer  to  the  premises.     [^  peige.] 

Sept.  ?  40.  Answer   of  Nicholas  Martin,   Nicholas    Carey,   and    Henry 

Beauvoir,  in  the  name  of  the  bailiffs  and  jurats  of  Guernsey,  to  the 
first  bill  of  complaint  exhibited  to  Council  by  Denis  le  Rous,  late  of 
Guernsey,  -and  now  of  Southampton. 

He  complains  that — having  taken  a  farm  from  Sir  Thos.  Leighton 
during  his  life,  of  certain  feaiges,  and  a  mill, — the  receiver,  procurer, 
&c.  have  taken  9  qrs.  of  wheat  as  rent,  besides  tithes,  and  that  he 
offered  to  prove  before  the  bailiff  and  jurats  that  the  rent  wheat  and 
tithes  were  part  of  the  feaiges,  but  was  not  allowed.  This  is  true, 
but  the  receiver  and  procurer  answered  that  they  ought  not  to  stand 
to  proofs,  for  Denis  had  signed  a  bill  of  submission  to  the  captain, 
whereby  the  matter  was  remitted  from  that  Court. 

Answer  to  the  second  bill  of  complaint : — 

He  complains  that  the  bailiff  and  jurats,  19  Feb.  1578,  passed  an 
erroneous  sentence,'  and  imprisoned  him  in  the  castle  for  appealing  to 
Queen  and  Council.  They  reply  that  they  cannot  remember  things 
so  long  since,  but  that  all  proceedings  are  registered  in  the  Court  roll, 
to  which  they  refer.  They  remember  that  he  impleaded  a  widow  for 
a  sum  for  house  room,  which  she  offered  to  prove  she  did  not  owe, 
but  he  brought  a  submission  of  a  poor  man,  the  widow's  attorney,  to 
pay  the  sum.  The  widow  denied  its  being  made  with  her  consent, 
and  thereupon  was  allowed  to  bring  her  proofs,  on  which  Denis 
appealed,  to  Queen  and  Council,  and  not  desisting  from  his  appeal, 
was  sent  to  prison.  They  have  pronounced  no  erroneous  sentence 
against  him,  nor  acted  maliciously.  Request  that  Council  will 
maintain  the  state  of  justice  in  the  island.     [2  pages.'] 

Sept.  ?  41.  Petition  of  the  orators  for  the  inhabitants  of  Guernsey  to  the 

Lord  Treasurer.  Repaired  to  Council  for  redress,  and  their  Honours 
have  reformed  part  of  their  complaints,  and  reserved  certain  cases 
to  his  consideration,  being  the  principal  grievances.  Ask  whether 
they  may  attend  him,  or  must  come  again  from  Guernsey  when 
appointed.     [|  page.]     Annexing, 

41 .    I.  Articles  deferred  by  the  Council  for  the  isle  of  Guernsey  ■— 
For  'imprisonment  of  the  inhabitcmts  luithout  order 
of  justice.  , 


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[Sept.  ?] 


Sept.  4. 

Mortham. 


Sept.  11. 

Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

For  exporting  com,  amd  leaving  the  castle  and  isle 
v/nfurnishedi 

For  utse  of  wood,  beer,  &c.  for  the  inhabitants  by  their 
patents. 

For  embarking  the  inhabitants  aga/lnst  pirates. 

For  levying  mariners  and  pilots  to  pilot  vessels. 

For  the  porters'  fees  of  the  castle,  to  be  used  according 
to  the  Book  of  Extent. 

For  increasing  customs  of  wares  growing  in  the 
isla/nd. 

For  increase  of  anchorage  customs  upon  strangers. 

For  deliverance  of  the  presbytery  to  the  parishioners 
of  St.  Peter's  port. 

For  the  camparts  aoid  rents  bought  by  the  inhabitants 
of  the  Queen' sGommissioners.     [|  pagel\ 

42.  Similar  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Guernsey  to  the  Lord 
Treasurer.     [^  page^ 

43.  Christopher  Rokeby  to  Lord  Burghley.  Sir  Geo.  Bowes' 
death  is  much  to  be  lamented ;  he  was  the  surest  pillar  Her  Majesty 
had  in  these  parts,  and  I,  his  friend,  and  his  neighbours  think  our- 
selves greatly  weakened ;  but  we  who  are  left  will  stand  fast  in  our 
duty  to  Her  Majesty.  The  Lord  President  is  our  head  under  Her 
Majesty,and  will  be  dutifuUy  obeyed,  yet  some  will  have  it  he  has  an 
ill  meaning  ;  if  he  should  attempt  what  many  fear,  I  and  my  friends 
may  be  a  block  in  his  way,  as  he  has  been  in  mine,  yet  I  cannot 
think  he  will  take  any  enterprise  in  hand,  so  long  as  Her  Majesty 
reigns  over  us  ;  but  I  feel  greatly  afraid  if  he  continue  long  in  this 
office,  he  will  grow  stronger  in  this  country,  which  he  could  never 
have  done  if  Sir  Geo.  Bowes  had  lived  amongst  us.  If  my  cousin, 
William  Bowes,  his  son,  and  Mr.  Treasurer  of  Berwick  would  join 
with  me  and  our  friends,  as  his  father  did,  we  should  be  a  full  party, 
but  my  Lord  President  gives  Wm.  Bowes  such  good  countenance 
that  I  fear  he  will  draw  him  from  us ;  for  Mr.  Bowes  the  treasurer  is 
much  feathered  of  the  President's  wing,  and  so  is  many  of  the  best 
calling  in  Yorkshire,  whereby,  if  not  prevented,  he  will  grow  too 
strong.  Yet  if  we  had  such  an  one  as  the  Earl  of  Northumberland 
planted  in  these  parts,  it  would  draw  most  part  from  him,  and  we 
should  find  him  a  sure  pillar  to  lean  to. 

I  intend  waiting  upon  you  in  the  term  to  make  an  end  of  my  suit, 
wherein  I  crave  your  further  help,  or  my  labour  can  stand  me  in 
no  stead,  and  then  I  shall  not  be  able  to  keep  countenance  in  my 
country.  My  suit  is  a  benefit  to  Her  Majesty,  if  I  may  thereby  be 
delivered  of  my  debts,  and  I  trust,  with  the  help  of  my  friends,  to 
stand  her  in  as  good  stead  as  any  subject  she  has  in  the  North. 
[I  IP'^e.} 

44.  Chris.  Dacre  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  In  execution  of  Her 
Majesty's  commission  and  the  Council's  direction,  concerning  the 
decayed  fortresses,  &c.  upon  the  Borders,  I  repaired  to  Morpeth,  to 


/yL 


18 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1680?  voL.xxvn. 

meet  the  Lord  Warden  of  the  Middle  Marches,  and  the  other  Com- 
missioners, on  28  July  last ;  but  as  we  could  not  then  do  anything, 
I  returned.  I  repaired  again  to  Alnwick,  14  Aug.,  and  thence  to 
Berwick,  and  have  continued  thereabouts  ever  since,  vnth.  assistance 
of  the  other  Commissioners,  in  furtherance  of  the  said  commission,  as 
by  our  certificate  will  appear.  I  have  drawn  a  plan  with  articles, 
which,  although  not  cunningly  done,  may  further  the  better  under- 
standing of  our  certificate  of  things  necessary  to  be  done,  if  it  be 
Her  Majesty's  pleasure  to  proceed. 

P.S. — I  must  commend  the  great  trouble  and  diligence  of 
Mr.  Delaval  and  Mr,  Gray,  my  two  feUows  of  the  quorum.  Having 
now  made  certificate  touching  the  Ea,st  and  Middle  Marches,  we  of 
the  quorum  shall  travel  upon  the  West  Borders.  In  the  rating  and 
estimate  of  decays,  some  things  are  set  down  of  very  small  value, 
but  great  care  was  had  not  to  draw  any  more  charge  than  needful ; 
yet  with  what  is  set  down,  I  dare  adventure  every  decay  may  be 
repaired.     [If  pages  J]    Enclosing, 

44.  I.  Plan  by  Chr.  Bacre,  of  all  forts  and  castles  upon  the 
Borders,  from  Tynedale,  Riddesdale,  and  the  Cheviots  to 
Berwick  a/nd  Dunstanborough  ;  with  notes  of  the  distances 
to  Scotlcmd,  the  state  of  the  country,  waste  lands,  &c. 
[4  sheets  pasted  together.^ 

44.  II.  Explanation  by  Chr.  Dacre  of  the  above  plan,  with 
observa,tions  on  the  necessity  for  repairing  the  castles 
amd  forts,  making  a  dihe,  &c.,  for  the  better  defence  of 
such  Borders.     [3^  pages.\ 

44.  III.  Certificate  by  Chr.  Dacre  of  a  survey  made  by  him,  and 
others  of  Bewcastle,  Askerton  tower,  a/nd  the  castles  or 
towers  of  Scalby,  Roclife,  Carlisle,  Drumbewgh  house, 
formerly  belonging  to  Lord  Dacre,  Bownes,  Woulstrie, 
Cochermouth,  Graystock,  Penrith,  KirkoswaM,  Namorth, 
and  Tryvermaine  ;  with  particulars  of  thei/r  decays,  and 
the  amount  required  to  put  each  in  proper  repair.  Also 
suggestions  on  the  necessity  of  erecting  fortresses  on  the 
Borders,  between  Bewcastle  and  Woulstrie  castle,  and  of 
enxilosing  certain  waste  lands.  With'  note  by  Hemy  Lord 
Scrope  that  all  things  suggested  to  be  done  are  needful 
for  defence  of  this  Border,  and  referring  the  valuation  of 
the  decays  to  the  surveyor  of  the  same ;  also  a  cancelled 
total  of  the  charges.     [7|  pages,  copy.] 

Sept.  26.        45.  Patent  granting  to  John  Pratt,  on  surrender  of  Aueustine 

Westminster.  Sparks,  the  office  of  keeper  of  the  pheasants  and  partridges  in  the 

lordships    of  Bamet,    Hadley,  South  Minns,  and  Totteridge   cos 

Herts  and  Middlesex;  fee    4d  a  day,  and  1^.  6s.  8d.  for  a  yearly 

hvery  coat.     [1  sheet.    Authenticated  copy  made  in  1599.1 


Sept.  30. 
Worcester. 


46. 


Margerie  Partridge  to  her  father-in-law,  Rich.  Oselev  clerk 


of  the  Privy  Signet,  in  the  Court  of  Requests,  London, 


I  beg  con- 


DOMESTIC---ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  19 


1580.^  •  Vox,.  XXVII. 

tinuance-of  your  good  "wiUv    I  sent  you  t,wo  letters,  but  have  no 

'  '  reply.     I  have  never  received  the  208,  which  you  sent  me  by  Mr. 

.  Hanse,  registrar  of  Gloucester ;  he  procured  me  to  come  to  Gloucester, 

*  but  is  my  enemy,  not  my  friend,  as  he  professed,  so  I  returned  to 

my  old  friends  at  Worcester.     My  brother  Vavasour  Says  if  I  were 

dead,  he .  would  stir  and  recover  the  land  in  Bristol ;  as  I  have  a 

life  right,  I  will  try  .to  recover  it,  if  you  wiU  direct  me.     With  note 

of  receipt  by  Wm.  Addyes,  of  OliflEopd's  Inn,- of  20s.  from  Mr.  Oseley, 

for  Marg.  WaiTett,  widow.     l&iiNov.  1580.     [|  page.} 

Oct.  3.  47.  Wm.  Brereton  to  thel  -Earl  of  LeJ^^i^^^,     Thanks  for  your 

Brercton.  '  approval  of  the  certificate  of  our  musters. '  i.^S  say  you  have  not 
shown  it  to  the  Lords,  as-  it  only  has  my  hand  to  it.  When  we 
received  our  commission^  I  travailed  myself  in  perfecting  our 
musters,  and  brought  iicto  that  form  of  certificate  which  I  sent  you  ; 
others  travailed  the  usual  form  of ,  certificate.  Thinking  the  form  I 
sent  you  the  best,  and  agi;eeable  to  your  instructions,  I  would  have 
willingly  sent  it,  but  the  othei's  would  not  be  removed  from  their 
error,  and  certified  in  a  form  which  it  now  appears  by  your  letter 
you  liked  not,  but  have  written  to  us  to  reform  the  same.  I  was 
unwilhng  that  any  travaU  should  be  suppressed.  I  presented  you 
with  my  certificate  that  if  the  others  fell  out  faulty,  I  might  be 
held  blameless  for  the  error  committed  in  it,  as  you  allege ;  I  have 
examined  the  copy,  and  find  that  the  number  of  able  men  furnished 
in  that  title  is  just  1,000,  as  it  is  in  the  total  of  the  particulars 
set  down ;  therefore  you  must  impute  the  fault  to  the  unskilfulness 
of  the  arithmetician,  who  has  set  down  his  figure  1  like  a  2. 

According  to  letters  from  Council,  we  have  assembled  and  made  a 
book  of  our  horsemen,  which  you  are  to  receive  from  our  sherifij 
but  a  copy  is  enclosed.  The  numbers  are  101.  Several  of  our 
light  horse  have  been  lately  discharged,  but  the  number  is  supplied 
by  others.  You  think  our  number  small,  yet  if  you  would  compare 
our  doings  with  other  shires,  which  in  quantity  and  quality  far 
surmount  us,  you  will  find  us  to  exceed  them.  Our  country  is  but 
little,  and  our  gentlemen  but  of  mean  patrimonies,  yet  no  subjects 
within  this  realm  are  more  forward  in  obedience  and  willingness  to 
further  the  Queen's  service  than  those  of  Cheshire. 

As  for  our  mares  for  breed,  we  have  certified  the  number  the  law 
requires  at  our  hands ;  we  find  none  are  chargeable  but  such  as 
have  parks,  chases,  or  inclosed  grounds  for  deer,  and  many  of  these 
daily  decay.  If  some  law  should  be  made  that  every  gentleman 
charged  with  the  keeping  of  a  demi-lance  or  light  horseman  might 
also  be  charged  with  the  keeping  of  as  many  mares  for  breeding, 
then  our  number  of  mares  in  Cheshire  would  be  well  increased,  and 
consequently  the  like  increase  throughout  aU  England,  which  would 
raise  the  breed  of  horses,  now  declined.     [If  pages.] 

Oct.  11.  48.  John  Bishop  of  London  to  Dr.  Dale,  master  of  Requests. 
Pray  continue  your  favour  towards  my  servant  [Mr.  Francis]  con- 
ceniing  the  examination  of  his  adversaries  upon  his  interrogatories, 

B  2 


20  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1580. 


Vol.  XXVIL 

so  as  to  get  at  the  truth ;  he  does  not  mean  to  proceed  in  your 
Court  with  the  matter,  nor  that  they  should  answer  his  bill  by  their 
counsel  and  then  be  examined,  as  that  would  be  a  way  to  give  them 
light  how  to  answer  the  interrogatories,  being  only  grounded  upon 
the  bill,  and  so  defraud  him  and  his  wife  of  their  right.  As  you 
have  the  two  secretaries'  hands  to  his  first  bill  framed  to  the 
Council,  to  call  them  before  you  to  answer  to  such  matters  as  he 
and  his  wife  object  against  them,  let  them  first  answer  to  the  in- 
terrogatories in  your  pi'ssence,  or  there  will  be  no  good  done  with 
them.     IfP^e.'] 

Oct.  24.  49.  JH^^rtiseraents  from  Britanny.     An  Italian  delegate  from 

the  Pope  arrived  at  Coutanees,  and  held  a  synod  secretly  ;  it  was 
agreed  that  the  clergy  of  Lower  Normandy  should  pay  the  cost  of 
an  expedition  in  the  Pope's  name  against  Jersey  and  Guernsey. 

The  Bishop  of  Coutanees  was  the  greatest  doer,  and  protested  he 
would  never  be  satisfied  until  possessed  of  the  isles  of  Jei'sey  and 
Guernsey,  for  they  had  refused  to  pay  his  dues  ;  he  hopes  the 
King  will  favour  him  underhand,  and  the  clergy  say  that  the 
Pope's   army  being  in  Ireland,  now  is  the  time  to  go  forward. 

• 

Oct.  24.  50.  John  Gilpin  to  Mr.  Herle.     The  Earl  of  Westmoreland  is 

Rouen.  here,  and  is  daily  playing  tennis  with  some  Spaniards  with  whom 
he  lodges ;  his  friends  secretly  give  out  that  he  will  shortly  sail  for 
Spain.  I  wish  John  Borne  or  such  another  had  ships  ready.  He 
does  all  things  by  the  Bishop  of  Ross's  directions,  who  is  here  too, 
and  has  compiled  a  pamphlet  of  his  mistress's  title  to  England,  and 
therein  set  down  a  large  pedigree  of  Henry  VIII. 's  line,  which 
cannot  but  greatly  offend  our  Sovereign.  With  some  of  these  copies, 
Marshall,  a  notable  Papist  that  has  house  and  lands  about  Newark- 
upon-Trent,  went  hence  yesterday  towards  England ;  it  is  thought 
he  has  letters  worth  discovering.  I  wot  not  where  he  will  lie  in 
London,  but  judge  little  Norris  knows  him  well,  and  will  easily  find 
him  out,  through  my  Lord  of  London's  help. 

Yesterday  I  was  at  Gallyon  to  see  a  goodly  house  of  the  Cardinal 
of  Bourbon,  who  was  there  himself,  with  the  old  Princess  of  Conde 
and  her  two  younger  sons  ;  a  gentleman  of  his  chamber  supped  with 
me,  and  told  me  that  the  Queen  Mother  and  Monsieur,  her  son, 
were  gone  towards  Navarre,  to  treat  of  a  marriage  between  him  and 
the  King's  sister  there,  but  I  do  not  believe  it. 

Travelling  between  Calais  and  Abbeville,  I  met  six  Spanish  mer- 
chants, and  one  of  them  taking  me  for  an  Englishman,  asked  whence 
I  came ;  I  told  him  I  was  a  Scotchman  from  England ;  then  he 
asked  what  news  I  had  of  my  young  Prince,  I  said  the  Prince  was 
well.  "As  you  passed  through  England,"  said,  he,  "  I  am  sure  you 
heard  of  the  Spaniards  that  are  in  Ireland."  "  There  are  no 
Spaniards,"  said  I,  "  but  a  few  Italians  lately  landed  there,"  when 
he  replied,  "  Ah,  mon  ami,  sont  tous  Espcmiolls,  et  entre  peu  de 
jours,  vous  voires  beaucoup  des  <mtres  lA,  pour  chastier  la  bone 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  21 


,  -ort  Vol.  XXVII. 

damoisdle  d'Engleterre,  et  ainsi  ditez,  ou  si  pouvee,  donnes  d 
entendre  a  vostre  Msvertueuse  Moigne  lei."  This,  with  other  in- 
solent speeches  that  Mr.  Russell,  newly  come  from  Venice,  heard  of 
the  Spaniards,  causes  me  to  send  them  to  you,  who  can  see  their 
importance. 

P.S. — I  have  lately  heard  that  Monsieur  is  going  into  the  Low 
Countries,  and  that  the  peace  is  concluded  between  the  King  here  and 
the  King  of  Navarre.  Soldiers  are  levied  in  each  country ;  there 
are  now  in  villages  about  this  town  23  or  24  companies,  so  that  it 
is  dangerous  travelling.  Cambray,  being  strengthened  by  those 
that  came  from  Le  Ferre,  is  now  besieged  by  the  malcontents. 
[3  pages-l 

Oct.  51.  Folding  sheet,  endorsed  October  1580,  "Lords'  letter  to  the 

Commissioners." 

Nov.  1.  52.  George  Paulet    to    his  brother.  Sir  Amias  Paulet.      Peter 

Jersey.  Rocquier,i  being  lately  in  Normandy,  received  intelligence  of  attempts 
meditated  against  these  islands  by  the  Bishop  of  Coutances  and  his 
clergy  ;  I  send  him  to  you  that  he  may  tell  you  the  circumstances, 
and  you  may  provide  for  the  safety  of  this  castle  and  isle.  The 
bearer  will  give  you  information  thereon  ;  we  will  do  our  best  in 
defence  of  our  charge.  I  pray  God  that  the  enterprises  of  these 
Romish  champions,  instruments  of  Satan,  may  turn  to  His  glory 
and  their  confusion.     Pray  return  the  bearer  speedily. 

P.S. — I  will  send  this  intelligence  to  the  lieutenant  of  Guernsey. 
[1  page.] 
1580? 

Nov.  1.         53.  Sir  Fras.  KnoUys  to  the  Masters  of  the  Court  of  Requests. 

KeadiDg.  Roger  Clifford  wishes  to  sue  in  your  Court,  in  formd  pauperis,  for 
part  of  a  farm  which  Mr.  Stamp  holds.  Stamp  has  several 
times,  and  once  in  my  presence,  offered  him  satisfaction,  but  he  per- 
sists in  going  to  law,  at  instigation  of  John  and  Ant.  Blagrave,  who 
want  to  wrest  the  lease  from  Mr.  Stamp.  If  you  call  the  parties 
before  you.  Stamp  will  offer,  and  Clifford,  if  separated  from  his 
abettors,  will  accept  satisfaction  ;  therefore  I  think  Clifford  should 
not  be  admitted  to  sue  in  formd  pauperis.  [1  page.] 
1580. 

Nov.  8.  54.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  I  perceive 
York.  the  bearer  is  sent  for,  which  gives  me  hope  that  at  last  Scotland  will 
be  more  regarded  than  of  late.  I  trust  my  brother  Fr.  diligently 
attends  my  suit ;  I  hope  you  will  do  for  me  what  you  may.  For 
want  of  money  to  pay,  I  am  content  to  grant  land,  and  I  trust  that 
Her  Highness  will  accept  thereof,  for  I  mean  to  deliver  such  lands 
that,  if  I  can  hereafter,  I  would  have  it  again  at  the  same  price. 
[I  page-'] 

Nov.  8.  55.  Sir  Amias  Paulet  to  Council.     The  bearer,  Peter  Rocquier,  will 

report  his  message  to  you ;  I  am  bound  to  mistrust  all  that  threatens 
the  isle  under  my  charge  ;  but  you,  knowing  the  state  of  our  neigh- 
bours abroad,  may  better  judge.     The  Normandy  gentleman  named 


22  DOMESTIC— ^ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


Vol.  XXVn. 
1580. 

is  religious  and  honest.  The  enterprise  against  Jersey  and  Guernsey- 
would  require  a  better  captain  than  the  Bishop  of.Coutances  and 
his  clergy,  and  canuot  be  executed  without  the  French  King. 

Our  neighbours  being  armed,  the  Queen's  frontier  castles,  and 
fortresses  should  be  provided  against  all  events.  Pray  entreat 
her  to  grant  the  sparing  supplies  requested  in  the  bill  enclosed, 
wherein  I  have  regarded  her  late  great  charges.  It  is  so  long  since 
my  last  supply  from  the  Tower,  that  my  store  is  e:^hausted.  [1 
page.} 

.  Nov.  11.  56.  Nich.  Baudoin  and  five  other  ministers  of  Guernsey  to 
Council.  A  year  ago,  articles  were  presented  to  you,  one  of  which 
was  a  request  of  the  people  to  be  discharged  of  the  tithes  of  their 
calves,  pullets,  and  lambs,  ordered  by  the  governor,' baUifl^,  and  jurats, 
by  reason  of  the  small  revenue  of  the  benefices,  and  because  the 
people  were  discharged  froua  payments  for  mamages,  baptisms,. sick 
visitings,  &c.  and  that  they  pay  the  revenue  with  difficulty,  and  part 
is  lost  through  disloyalty.  On  their  promise  to  supply  us  some  other 
way,  you  released  them  from  the  said  tithes,,  and  referred  them  to  the 
governor,  bailiff,  and  justices,  and  assembly  of  the  island  ;  but  they 
have  not  fulfilled  their  promise.  We  are  thus  reduced  to  mendicity 
and  the  ministry  brought  to  contempt,  and  we  shall  be  forced  to  go 
elsewhere.  As  the  labourer  is  worthy  of  his  hire,  pray  order  a 
pension  for  each  of  us,  according  to  the  number  of  his  children,  and 
means  to  collect  it,  either  from  the  people  or  the  parish  fiinds.  [1|^ 
pages.    French.'] 

[Nov.  11.]        57.  Translation  of  the  above.     [\^  pages.]  .  Annexing, 

57.  I.  Petition  of  Henry  Beauvoir,  in  the  name  of  the  bailiff  arid 
jwrats  of  Guernsey,  to  GovmgH.  The  revenues  of  the 
benefices  of  the  island  chiefly  dependmg  on  superstitious 
observances  called  the  rites  of  the  Ghurchj  for  which  each 
householder  paid  a  good  sum,  yearly,  are  greatly 
diminished  now  that  We  have  godly  preachers ;  so  that 
three  of  them  can  scarcely  maintain  one  mvfiister,  though 
he  live  very  moderately.  Request  that  every  householder 
may  contribute  as  before  to  ike  support  of  the  pastor. 
Also  that  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  and  the  bailiff  and 
jurats  may  select  six  men  in  every  parish,  to  assess  the 
inhabitants  according  to  the  previous  rates.  Also  for 
himself  that  being  sent  on  matters  relating  to  the  island, 
his  reasonable  charges  may  be  defrayed.    [1  page.]  '  ' 

57.  II.  Petition  to  Council  of  Henry  Beauvoir,  appointed  by  the 
banliff  and  jwrats  of  Guernsey  to  attend  and  receive  their 
directions  on  matters  of  appeal,  &c.,  to  the  same  effect  as 
the  preceding.     [|  page."] 

Nov.?  58.  Opinion  of  Sir  Christopher  Wray,  Jas.  Dyer,  Roger  Man- 

wood,  Thos.  Gawdy,  and  Thos.  Meade,  judges,  upon  the  following 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  23 


1580.  V«^-  XXVII. 

questions  between  the  Earl  of  Rutland  and  Thomas  Markham, 
touching  the  forestership  of  two  walks  in  Sherwood,  called  Linn- 
hurst  and  No-mans-wood,  co.  Notts: — 

1 .  Whether  the  Earl  and  those  who  have  been  guardians  of  the 
same  have  not,  time  out  of  mind,  appointed  the  trustees  ?  Ans., 
The  Earl  has  so  affirmed  the  usage,  and '  shown  that  ever  since 
1  Hen.  VII.  like  patents  to  his  own  were  made  ;  how  the  usage 
was  before  is  matter  for  a  jury  ;  but  in  law,  if  it  has  been  as  the 
Earl  alleges,  the  appointment  belongs  to  him. 

2.  Whether  by  Her  Majesty's  patent  so  granted  to  the  Earl, 
he  may  not  appoint  the  nine  foresters  during  his  life,  and  whether 
Her  Majesty  is  not  thereby  excluded  from  so  doing,  though  no 
usage  had  existed  ?    Ans.,  Yes. 

3.  Whether  the  Earl  may  be  a  justice  and  guardian  of  the 
forest  ?    Ans.,  He  may,  and  both   offices  may  be  in  one  person. 

On  behalf  of  Markham  : 

1.  Whether  the  forestership  of  the  two  walks  belong  to  the 
keeping  of  Linnhurst  wood  and  No-mans-wood  1  Ans.,  Not 
of  common  right ;  but  if  usage  has  so  existed  time  out  of  mind, 

.  it  must  be  tried  by  the  county. 

2.  Whether  by  the  grant  of  the  forestership  of  the  parks  of  Bil- 
haigh,  Birkiand,  Romewood,  and  Owseland,  and  o'f  the  game  there, 
the  foresterships  or  the  keeping  of  the,  game  did  not  pass  to 
Markham?  Ans.  No  foresterships  of  the  game  of  the  forest 
can  pass  thereby,  but  only  the  keeping ,  of  the  parks  or  woods  ; 
and  though  the  offices  of  forestership  were  then  in  Her  Majesty's 
disposition,  yet  Mr.  Markham  cannot  claim  them  by  his  patent. 
[1  page,  signed  by  all  the  said  judges.^ 

Nov.  ?  59.  Decree  in  a  controversy  between  the  Earl  of  Rutland  and 

Thomas  Markham,  for  four  offices  or  walks,  and  the  charge  of  game 
in  Sherwood  forest.  Thos.  Markham  has  enjoyed  two  of  them  for 
many  years,  as  Her  Majesty's  free  gift,  and  the  other  two  by  a  grant 
of  Edward  VI.,  for  service  in  the  wars.  Her  Majesty,  with  consent  of 
both  parties,  directed  that  their  claims  should  be  heard  by  the  Lord 
Chancellor  [Bromley],  the  Master  of  the  RoUs,  and  the  Attorney- 
General,  and  that  his  Lordship  should  report  their  opinion.  This 
matter  having  been  heard,  it  was  agreed  upon  for  law  that  the  free 
disposition  of  such  walks  as  touch  the  keeping  of  the  game  rested 
only  in  Her  Majesty,  and  not  in  the  Earl. 

Since  then  Her  Majesty  has  been  pleased  that  certain  of  her  judges 
should  also  give  their  opinion,  and  they  having  done  so,  and  it  being 
contrary  to  that  of  the  others,  Her  Majesty'  assumed  the  judgment 
into  her  own  hands, — as  to  whom  in  all  right  it  appertain eth, — 
and  absolutely  commands  that  for  such  walks  as  were  granted  by 
her  brother  to  her  servant  Thomas  Markham,  he  shall  receive  such 
favourable  construction  as  the  meaning  of  his  patent  shall  require, 
with  such  relief  for  holding  them  as  Her  Majesty's  title  can 
yield  him,  without  injury  to  the  Earl ;  and  for  the  walks  of  Bilhaigh 
and  Birkiand,  Romewood  and  Owseland,  which  are  of  her  own  grant, 


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Vol.  XXVII. 

that  her  said  old  servant  shall  quietly  enjoy  them,  as  well  for  the 
keeping  of  the  game  as  the  woods,  with  all  fees  and  arrearages 
thereof,  according  to  her  free  gift  and  meaning,  which  she  is  best 
able  to  expound.     [1  sheet,  draft^ 

Nov.  ?  60.  E[dmund]    C[ampion]   to  [Dr.  Allen  1].     Having  been  here 

five  months,  I  write  vou  what  has  happened  since  I  last  wrote  from 
St.  Omer.  I  sailed  "on  the  day  of  St.  John  Baptist,  my  peculiar 
patron,  and  my  little  man  [Ealph  Emerson  ?]  and  I  reached  Dover 
early  next  morning.  We  were  all  but  taken,  for  we  were  brought 
before  the  mayor  as  favourers  of  the  old  faith,  and  dissembling  our 
names  ;  he  thought  I  was  Dr.  Allen,  and  said  he  would  send  us  before 
Council.  I  prayed  to  St.  John,  and  by  his  help  we  escaped,  an  old 
man  coming  forth  and  telling  us  we  were  dismissed ;  but  I  believe  I 
shall  some  day  be  apprehended. 

I  came  to  London  to  the  house  where  father  Robert  was.  Young 
gentlemen  came  on  every  hand  and  embraced  me,  giving  me  apparel 
and  weapons,  and  conveyed  me  out  of  the  city. 

I  ride  daily  in  the  country,  meditating  my  sermon  on  horseback, 
hear  confession,  and  after  mass,  preach,  being  greedily  heard,  and 
give  the  sacraments.  The  country  i)riests  are  virtuous  and  learned ; 
they  have  raised  such  an  opinion  of  our  society  that  all  Catholics  do 
us  exceeding  reverence  ;  therefore  those  who  are  to  be  sent  should 
be  well  trained  for  the  pulpit. 

I  cannot  long  escape  the  heretics,  they  have  so  many  scouts ;  I 
wear  ridiculous  clothes,  often  change  my  name,  and  so  often  read 
news'  letters  that  Campion  is  taken,  that  I  am  without  fear.  Let 
those  whom  you  send  take  into  account  the  solaces  that  countervail 
these  miseries,  and  by  their  sweetness  make  worldly  pains  seem 
nothing,  viz.,  a  pure  conscience,  courage,  zeal,  a  worthy  work  amongst 
high  and  low,  in  great  numbers,  even  the  milder  Protestants ;  it  has 
become  a  proverb  that  he  must  be  Catholic  who  faithfully  pays  what 
he  owes ;  and  if  a  Catholic  do  an  injury,  it  is  thought  unworthy 
of  his  calling.  There  are  no  men  more  corrupt  and  impure  than 
the  ministers,  and  we  may  well  be  indignant  that  fellows  so  base 
and  unlearned  should  overrule  the  noble  wits  of  the  realm. 

Threatening  edicts  come  forth  against  us  daily,  yet  we  have 
escaped  thus  far  ;  men  neglect  their  own  safety  to  take  care  of  mine. 
I  had  set  down  in  writing  the  causes  of  my  coming  ;  that  I  was  a 
priest,  and  wished  to  teach  the  gospel  and  minister  the  sacraments, 
asking  audience  of  the  Queen  and  nobility,  and  professing  disputa- 
tions. I  kept  one  copy  in  case  I  fell  into  the  officers'  hands,  and 
left  the  other  with  a  friend,  but  he  did  not  keep  it  close  ;  it  was 
greedily  read,  and  my  adversaries  were  mad,  answering  out  of  the 
pulpit  that  they  would  dispute,  but  the  Queen  would  not  allow 
matters  already  established  to  be  called  in  question.  They  call  us 
seditious  hypocrites,  and  even  heretics,  which  is  much  laughed  at. 
The  people  are  ours,  and  the  spreading  this  writing  has  advanced 
the  cause.  "With  a  safe  conduct,  we  would  go  to  Court.  But  they 
have    filled  the  old   prisons  with  Catholics,  make  new  ones,  and 


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affirm  that  it  were  better  to  make  a  few  traitors  than  that  so  many- 
souls  should  be  lost. 

They  brag  no  more  of  their  martyrs,  since  now,  for  a  few 
apostates  and  cobblers  of  theirs  turned,  we  have  bishops,  lords, 
knights,  the  old  nobility,  flower  of  the  youth,  noble  matrons,  and 
innumerable  of  the  inferior  sort  either  martyred  or  dying  by  im- 
prisonment. In  the  house  where  I  am,  there  is  no  talk  but  of  death, 
flight,  prison,  or  spoil  of  friends  ;  yet  they  proceed  with  courage. 

Many  new  soldiers  restored  to  the  church  give  up  their  names, 
whilst  the  old  ofier  up  their  blood. 

We  need  much  your  prayers  and  sacrifices.  There  will  never 
want  men  in  England  that  will  take  care  of  their  own  and  others' 
salvation,  nor  will  this  church  fail,  so  long  as  priests  and  pastors  are 
found  for  the  sheep.  The  rumour  of  present  peril  causes  me  to  make 
an  end.     [4  pages,  copy.] 

Dec.  2.  61.  List  of  12  commissioners  present  at  the  sitting  in  Manchester 

for  causes  ecclesiastical,  on  30  Nov.  and  1  and  2  Dec.  1580,  viz.,  the 
Earl  of  Derby,  the  Bishop  of  Chester,  Sir  John  Batcliffe,  Sir 
Edw.  Fitton,  Rich.  Holland  of  Denton,  John  Atherton  of  Atherton, 
Ralph  Ashton  of  Leaver,  Robt.  Worsley  of  Soothes,  Edm.  Hopwood 
of  Hopwood,  John  Caldwell,  M.A.,  Nich.  Bannester  of  Altham,  and 
Robt.  Langton  of  the  Lowe.     [^  page.] 

Dec.  5.  62.  Sir  Edm.  Latimer  to    Sec.   Walsingham.'     Thanks    for  the 

The  Camp,  honour  you  have  done  me  by  your  favour  to  my  cousin  Greville, 
near  Brussels  '^'^^'''^  7°^  shall  find  me  as  ready  to  requite  as  I  am  now  importunate 
'  in  craving  your  assistance,  in  the  raising  up  again  of  my  poor 
afflicted  house,  which  I  doubt  not  shall  in  time,  by  my  loyal  service, 
win  the  reputation  that  Her  Majesty  and  her  ancestors  have  always 
had  of  it.  I  beseech  her  to  protect  us  against  such  as  seek  to  deprive  us 
of  our  means,  and  her  of  a  family  of  faithful  servants,  the  antiquity 
whereof  now  appeals  to  her,  as  to  our  only  refuge,  to  redress  our 
wrongs,  and  maintain  us  in  our  first  cause  against  such  as  would 
oppress  us.  I  desire  nothing  more  than  to  be  relieved  from  following 
foreign  princes,  and  to  enter  the  service  of  my  natural  Prince  and 
country.  I  have  truly  reported  to  you  the  means  I  have  in  these 
countries,  which  I  must  absolutely  leave  in  returning  to  do  her 
service,  and  trust  it  will  please  her  to  restore  me  to  the  honour  of 
my  house  ;  I  crave  your  furtherance  in  obtaining  me  those  lands  to 
which  I  pretend  a  title,  either  in  fee-farm,  or  upon  such  other 
condition  as  may  best  suit  her.     [I  J  pages.] 

Dec.  8.  63.  Account  by  Robert  Poynter,  bailiff  of  Ormesby  [co.  Lincoln], 

of  sums  received  from  tenants  named  for  the  past  year.  [2  pages, 
Latin.] 

[Dec.  8.]         64.  Similar  account  by  Hen.    Newman,   bailiff    of  Burgh   [co. 
Lincoln].     [5 1  pages,  Latin.] 

Dec.  29.         65.  Henry  Killigrew  to  William  Davison.     I  received  your  packet 
London,      when  I  had  half  a  dozen  couple  of  good  fellows  with  me  at  dinner, 


26  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1580. 


Vol.  XXVII. 


among  whict  were  Mr.  Astley,  Mr.  Randall,  Master  Henry  Knowles, 
Mr.  Cresswell,  my  nephew,  Anthony  Bacon,  and  my  brother  William 
Cook,  who  were  gladdened  by  your  good  news.  Thanks  for  your 
friendly  mention  of  my  nephew.  Pray  use  him  in  all  things  as 
a  common  servant ;  he  should  be  kept  with  a  hard  hand.  Thanks 
for  your  letters  by  Dranfield,  Mr.  Secretary's  man.  The  news  of 
Edmondston  is  not  thought  to  be  true,  as  men  guess  he  had  not 
then  departed  from  Scotland,  where  all  is  quiet.  Mr.  Secretary,  who 
was  here  on  Christmas  Day,  and  meant  to  have  remained  the  whole 
of  the  holidays,  was  sent  for  to  Court  very  earnestly  ;  some  guess 
there  is  matter  of  importance  in  hand,  the  rather  as  my  Lord  Trea- 
surer and  the  Earl  of  Leicester  have  been  of  late  in  great  conference 
together  at  Court. 

A  carrier  from  our  ambassador  in  France  yesterday  brought  no 
news  but  of  peace  and  banqueting  there,  which  I  do  not  like,  nor 
do  I  the  Portugal  agent's  request  to  have  4,000  Almains  to  serve 
his  master.  I  fear  all  those  princes  that  are  of  the  league  of  Trent, 
whensoever  they  gather  or  arm  upon  any  pretence,  lest  it  should 
tend  to  the  hurt  of  the  Church.  "We  cannot  tell  what  to  judge  of 
the  controversy  between  the  Archduke  Matthias  and  Don  John,  but 
think  as  of  the  Duke  of  Alen§on,  when  he  seemed  to  take  part  with 
the  Protestants  of  France.  It  is  hard  for  fire  and  water  to  agree, 
unless  the  Lord  miraculously  determines  it  shall  be  so,  to  make  the 
whole  world  the  more  to  admire  his  majesty.  God  defend  the 
good  Prince  of  Orange  from  their  hollow  hearts,  upon  whose  life  only 
you  see  what  good  and  evil  depends ;  if  he  were  taken  from  us,  we 
here  in  England  might  justly  fear  all  those  numbers  gathered 
together,  both  by  Don  John  and  all  others  of  his  religion ;  I  pray 
for  his  preservation  as  for  our  quiet  peace  at  home.  If  you  see 
Mons.  Villiers,  commend  me  to  him,  and  also  to  Mr.  Beale,  at  his 
coming  thither.  1  was  present  and  prayed  when  his  image  was  de- 
dicated to  God  by  the  congregation,  Mr.  Secretary  being  godfather, 
and  Mrs.  Barett  godmother,  through  my  wife's  great  weakness,  &c. 

Touching  your  request  as  to  a  minister,  my  judgment  is  absolute 
that  you  make  no  choice  of  a  stranger,  and  therefore  of  him  that 
bears  your  name,  although  the  man  be  worthy  ;  for  Mr.  Clarke,  I  will 
confer  with  others  as  soon  as  I  can,  and  send  you  word  what  I 
shall  find,  always  allowing  of  your  desire,  and  demanding  the 
thing  most  fit  and  necessary  to  be  executed.  Eemember  me  and 
my  wife  to  Frank  and  my  godson.     [4  pages.} 

Dec?  66.  Complaint  by  Geo.  Whitton,  comptroller  and    surveyor  of 

the  manor  and  park  of  Woodstock,  against  Sir  Hen.  Lee.  Being 
angry  with  me  for  accusing  him  of  deer-stealing  10  years  ago, 
when  Fras.  Chamberlain  was  lieutenant  of  Woodstock',  and  later 
for  reproving  him  for  leaving  workmen  unpaid,  &c.,  he  declared  he 
would  make  me  weary  of  my  office ;  Sir  Henry  has  defrauded 
me  of  20  marks  a  year,  granted  by  Her  Majesty's  warrant,  and  for 
six  or  seven  years,  has  retained  from  me  the  woodwardship  of  the 
manor  of  Spilsberry,  given  in  recompense  of  service,  by  Edward  VI 


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Vol.  XXVII. 

and  worth  20  marks  yearly,  besides  the  fees  appertaining  to  my 
office  of  comptroller  and  surveyor  of  Her  Majesty's  manor  and 
park  of  Woodstock  aforesaid.  The  cause  arises  from  my  having 
made  knovi^n  the  concealing  of  four  marks  yearly,  which  ought  to 
have  been  paid  by  the  mayor  and  commonalty  of  Woodstock  into 
the  Exchequer,  according  to  their  patent ;  and  from  various  quarrels 
with  Sir  Henry's  servants,  which  I  have  been  constrained  to  bear 
on  account  of  Sir  Henry's  great  countenance.  [1  p^^>  inuch 
damaged.^ 

[Dec]  67.  Form  of  the  recognizances  taken  by  the  High  Commissioners 

at  their  sessions  in  Yorkshire,  &c.  The  condition  of  the  bond  is, 
that  A.B.  of  C,  CO.  York,  his  wife  and  family  do  from  henceforth 

dutifully  repair  to parish   church  or  other  usual  place  of 

common  prayers,  and  there  quietly  abide  and  hear  divine  service  and 
sermons,  as  by.  statute  bound,  and  as  to  the  duty  of  good  Christians 
and  obedient  subjects  appertaineth,  and  bring  in  true  certificate  of 
so  doing,  under  the  hands  of  the  curate  and  churchwardens,  to 
the  Commissioners  for  causes  ecclesiastical,  within  the  province  of 
York,  from  time  to  time.  In  case  at  any  time  hereafter,  any 
papistical  priest  or  other  person  disobedient  in  religion  resort  to  his 
or  their  house'  or  company,  he  shall  apprehend  and  bring  him  before 
the  Commissioners.     [|  page.J 


1580? 


Grant  to  Sir  Anthony  Ashley,  during  the  lives  of  Francis  Ashley 
and  Tho.  Ashley,  of  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  castle  and  county  court 
of  York.     [Latin.     Warrant  Book  I.,  p.  162.] 

Grant  to  Edward  Earl  of  Hertford  of  title  to  the  lands  appointed 
him  by  Act  of  Parliament,  .5  Edward  VI.,  the  profits  of  which,  from 
the  death  of  the  late  Duke  of  Somerset,  have  been  paid  into  the  Court 
of  Wards,  till  he  came  of  age  and  since,  in  order  to  avoid  any 
questions  that  may  arise  thereon.     [Docquet.     Copy  made  later.] 

68.  Petition  of  Margaret  Griffith  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  for  a 
letter  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  to  enable  her  to  sue  in  forma  pauperis, 
and  for  a  warrant  to  apprehend  Reginald  Hygate  and  Wm.  Greves, 
and  bind  them  over  to  obey  any  order  that  may  be  made ;  or  else 
to  have  Hygate's  letters  and  Greve's  examination  taken  by  Mr.  Hall, 
to  enable  her  to  justify  her  cause  in  the  Star  Chamber.  Hygate 
and  Greves  who  was  banished  and  expelled  from  the  Middle  Temple, 
for  papistry,  &c.  with  their  confederates,  have  sued  petitioner  and 
her  parents  in  the  Queen's  Bench,  upon  some  surmised  actions  in 
the  name  of  John  Webb,  and  impoverished  her  estate  the  more 
vehemently  because  of  Walsingham's  letters  for  her  relief     [f  page.] 

69.  Petition  of  Rowland  Rayleton  to  Lord  Treasurer  Burghley ; 
for  payment  of  161.  10s.,  the  balance  of  a  debt  of  831.  owing  to  him 
seven  years  past,  by  Henry  Howard,  being  poor  and  unable  to 
forbear  the  same.     [^   page-] 


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Vol.  XXVII. 

70.  Petition  of  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  governor  of  Guernsey,  to 
Queen  and  Council.  Accept  my  declaration  of  the  state  of  the  island. 
The  disposition  of  the  people  has  lately  been  disturbed  by  seditious 
persons,  pretending  the  privilege  of  the  isle,  but  really  -wishing  the 
overthrow  of  Her  Majesty's  rights,  and  furthered  by  the  bailiffs  and 
jurats.  These  have  got  themselves  appointed  procurers  by  a  small 
portion  of  the  inhabitants,  though  in  the  name  of  the  whole  isle,  and 
tji'ought  accusations  against  the  Governor,  prejudicial  to  Her  Majesty's 
rights.  They  returned  hence  without  punishment,  and  bells  were 
rung  for  joy  of  their  success, — contrary  to  ordinance  except  in  case 
of  alarm, — and  they  have  spoken,  very  insolently,  and  are  grown 
intolerable.  Having  obtained  from  you  leave  to  receive  their  charges 
from  voluntary  contributions,  they  are  trying  to  levy  a  general  tax, 
and  the  popular  multitude,  led  by  them,  confederate  against  Her 
Majesty's  government  and  revenues. 

Pray  order  Petevin,  a  new  procurer  come  from  thence,  to  be 
examined  of  his  reasons  for  entering  this  seditious  action,  and  as  to 
who  are  his  maintain  ers.  The  bailiff,  and  Hen.  Beauvoir,  and  Nich. 
Martin,  jurats,  maintain  these  disorders,  and  should  not  hold  their 
places,  but  should  be  sent  for  to  answer  for  their  conduct.  They 
have  lately  increased  the  dozen  of  Peter's  port  to  22,  to  strengthen 
their  seditious  intents.  I  request  that  they  may  be  reduced  to  12 
by  removing  the  most  seditious.  Those  who  have  denied  the  Queen's 
right  of  custom  should  also  appear,  and  the  bailiffs  and  jurats  be 
ordered  not  to  call  in  question  her  rents,  receipts,  or  prerogatiyes, 
but  pay  them  to  the  officers  Also  the  general  tax  for  the  charges 
.  of  the  procurers  should  be  stayed,  and  those  who  have  not  assented 
to  these  disorderly  proceedings  should  not  be  forced  to  bear  the 
burden  of  them.     [^  sheet]     AnTiexing, 

70.  I.  List  of  13  seditious  Guernsey  men  who  are  to  he  dis- 
placed as  disturbers  of  St.  Peter's  port  and  the  island, 
including  Wm.  Beauvoir,  bailiff,  and  Mch.  Martin  and 
Hen.  Beauvoir,  jurats  ;  all  of  whom  are  above  the  dozen, 
and  some  taken  in  of  late,  to  maintain  faction  against 
the  governor.     [|  page.] 

71.  Note  of  sundry  disorders  within  the  island  of  Guernsey. 
Last  June,  three  persons  of  St.  Mary  port,  pretending  to  be  procurers 
of  the  town,  but  really  of  only  a  small  part  of  it,  repaired  to  Council 
for  reformation,  on  pretence  of  their  privileges  being  broken,  but 
really  to  get  from  the  Queen  her  jurisdiction  and  revenues,'  and 
slander  their  Governor,  as  they  have  done,  especially  before  Council  • 
and  though  they  could  not  prove  the  wrongs,  they  escaped  punish- 
ment, and  thus  they  and  others  are  encouraged  to  disobedience  and 
insolencv. 

Procurers  never  used  to  be  sent  but  by  the  generality  of  the 
people,  and  these  are  sent  only  by  40  persons— scarce  one-eighth 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Mary  port— and  most  of  these  drawn  in  by 
three  or  four,  who  urged  them  to  sign  their  procuration. 


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Oa  their  jeturn,  they  violated  laws,  called  themselves  protectors  of 
the  couhtry,  had  the  bells  rung  in  triumph,  held  unlawful  assem- 
blies, committed  robberies,  &c.,  and  the  bailiffs  and  certain  of  the 
jurats,  who  should  see  such  offences  punished,  are  the  chief  provokers 
of  them. 

They  contravene  the  Council's  orders  that  Mcli.  Carey,  farmer  of 
the  great  weight  of  the  island,  should  deliver  the  rents  and  customs 
due  on  strangers'  wares  to  Her  Majesty's  use,  with  an  account  for 
the^  time  he  held  them  from  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  and  imprison  him  for 
delivering  the  same  to  the  Queen's  receiver  instead  of  to  him ;  on 
which  he  has  appealed  to  Queen  and  Council. 

The  payment  of  custom  by  strangers  has  never  before  been 
questioned,  but  they  depose,  by  perjuring  themselves,  that  in  Sir 
Leonard  Chamberlain's  time,  strangers  paid  no  custom,  which  can  be 
disproved  by  records  and  witnesses ;  but  the  bailiff  and  jurats 
silenced  the  Queen's  receiver  and  attorney,  and  the  gentleman  porter 
of  the  castle^  who  spoke  for  his  rights,  and  asked  for  any  record  in 
proof  of  their  statement. 

Many  refuse  to  pay  the  Queen's  rents  unless  they  can  be  proved 
due  by  witnesses  of  the  country,  and  they  perjure  themselves  to 
acquit  one  another. 

Council  letters  should  be  sent  to  the  bailiff  and  jurats,  ordering 
no  rents  to  be  called  in  question  before  them,  which  appear  by  the 
book  of  extent  or  book  of  receipts  to  have  been  formerly  paid. 

The  Guernsey  procurers  have  embezzled  a  letter  from  Council  to 
the  Governor,  and  delivered  falsified  copies  of  it  to  the  people.  I 
desire  that  Nich.  Petevin,  one  of  them,  come  with  a  new  procuration, 
may  receive  condign  punishment. 

By  the  practices  of  the  bailiff  and  jurates,  such  disorders  have 
arisen  that,  unless  they  be  sharply  punished,  no  Englishman  can 
govern  there,  unless  Her  Majesty  keep  300  soldiers  to  repress  these 
mutinies.     [2^  pages.] 

12.  Dr.  J.  Hamond  to  [Laurence]  Tomson.  Mr.  Dale,  Mr.  Norton, 
and  I  have  examined  the  poor  men  of  Guernsey,  on  the  complaints 
made  against  them  by  the  procurer,  but  I  think  them  of  no  great 
moment. 

They  request  that  commissioners  may  be  sent  to  reform  abuses 
presented  to  us  late  commissioners.  Our  report  is  that  Blondel  and 
Quiteville  were  twice  sent  to  prison  for  improper  conduct  to  the 
bailiff  and  jurats.  That  the  St.  Mary  port  men  made  their  com- 
plaint in  the  name  of  the  town,  whereas  they  were  only  procurers 
for  a  few.  That  they  had  collected  monies  to  bear  their  charges.  That 
when  required  to  answer  certain  articles  on  oath  about  this  contribu- 
tion, they  could  not  answer,  being  unprepared. 

There  is  an  attempt  to  persuade  the  lords  that  the  people  are 
seditious,  and  matters  are  revived  which  we  commissioners  thought 
had  been  buried,  and  we  are  blamed  therein.  If  we  caused  the 
mutiny,  why  were  there  such  heavy  complaints  before  we  came 


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1580?  .    ,:     .,^L.xxvn.  .    ,_ 

that  the  bailiff  and  jurats  had  to  take  to  the  eastle  for  safety  ?■  They 
were  not  true,  but  jurats  pretended  fear  .  ^q  make  the, people  odious. 
Our  popularity  was  this.  We  found  the  jurats  in  a  contempt  which 
was  furthered  by  the  captain's  men,  and  we  maintained  the  credit 
of  those  in  authority.  If  no  complaints  had  been  preferred  against 
the  cquntry  by  the  captain,  we  should  have,  heard  as  much  on  the 
other  side  as  we  do  now  of  popularity.  I  recommend  the  poor  men 
to  you.  I  am  so  narrowly  watched  that  I  cannot  confer  with  them. 
[11  pages.] 

73.  Bequest  of  the  Minister  of;  Guernsey  to  Council,  As  the  Go- 
vernor, in  spite  of  my  age  and  my  23  years'  unblemished  service,  is 
resolved  to  cause  me  to  depart,  the  island,  I  beg,  1. — That  my 
church,  which  is  dearer  to  me  than  life,  may  not  be  dispersed  or 
changed,  being  godly  and  in  good  order.  2,  That  my  cause  may 
be  justly  examined,  as  I  desire  to  continue  my  ministry.  I  am 
accused  by  Louis  de  Vic  of  courses  unworthy  my  calling.  I  take 
my  church  as  witness  to  my  behaviour.  3.  For  protection  for  a 
time  from  the  malice  of  my  enemies,  that  I  may  safely  return,  and 
take  order  for  my  household  affairs.     [|  page,  French.] 

74.  Translation  of  the  above.     [1  page.] 

75.  Allegations  of  the  Deputies  of  Guernsey,  for  the  better  proof 
of  the  articles  which  they  have  exhibited  relative  to  the  Island  of 
Sark  :— 

1.  That  as  they  are  to  follow  former  customs,  by  the  book  of 
extent  of  5  Edw.  III.,  which  on  9  Oct.  1680  they  were  ordered 
to  observe,  all  holders  in  capite  should  answer  pleas  at  Guernsey, 
and  if  Carteret  pleads  exemption,  because  such  scope  is  not  in  his 
patent,  they  can  prove  that  patents  granted  for  lands  in  Guernsey, 
repugnant  to  law  and  custom,  have  been  reversed  by  the  Lords 
Chief  Justice  and  Chief  Baron  and  others,,  in  1579. 

2.  They  prove  by  the  book  of  extent  that  6QI.  13s.  id.  should 
be  given  for  custom  on  fish,  whereas  since  Carteret  has  had  Sark, 
it  is  not  worth  lOZ.,  as  the  fishermen  have  brought  very  little  to 
Guernsey;  therefore  they  desire  a  similar  order  in  Sark  as  in 
Guernsey. 

3.  All  customs  on  wares  and  all  anchorage  belong  to  the  Queen, 
and  are  not  in  Carteret's  pajtent. 

4.  They  do  not  wish  to  impeach  him  in  wrecks  of  sea,  but 
to  reserve  the  Queen's  royalties,  according  to  the  laws  of 
Normandy. 

5.  All  tenants  in  capite  should  pay  the  13th  on  the  sale  of 
lands,  Carteret  not  exempted. 

6.  A.11  inhabitants,  unless  excepted  by  the  said  book,  owe 
fumage  rent. 

7.  That  he  should  follow  the  custom  in  the  isles,  for  rent  to  be 
paid  in  wheat  and  poultry,  at  the  average  price  of  the  preceding 
year,  or  a  balance  left  unpaid  in  money. 


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8.  That  all  holders  in  capite,  as  wards,  are  liable  to  premier 
seizin. 

9.  They  prove  three  defaults,  which,  according  to  Carteret's 
patent,  come  to  701. ;  101.  the  first,  201.  the  second,  and  40J.  the 
third.     [2  pages.] 

76.  Bailiff's  account  of  the  rentals  and  estreats  of  Massinghant 
and  East  Walton  ;  giving  the  names  of  the  tenants,  &c.  [2J  pages, 
damaged.'] 

77.  Note  that  Sir  Thomas  Heneage  demands  the  manors  of 
Beameston  and  Shottenden,  parcel  of  the  inheritance  of  Lady  Finch, 
to  be  assured  in  reversion  to  Moyle  Finch  and  his  heirs.  Nicholas 
Sentleger,  from  love  to  Sir  Thomas  Heneage,  and  good  will  to  Moyle 
Finch,  has  persuaded  Lady  Finch  to  yield  to  such  an  assurance,  and 
promises  to  win  his  wife  to  pass  it.  Nicholas  Sentleger  wiU  give 
bond  that  neither  he  nor  his  will  take  any  benefit  of  the  said  manors 
after  the  decease  of  his  wife,  but  leave  them  to  the  children  of  Sir 
Thos.  Finch  and  his  Lady„ 

If  Sir  Thomas  Heneage  will  consent  to  refer  the  hearing  of  the 
matter  to  Sir  Francis  Walsingham,  Sentleger  promises  to  agree  to 
any  reasonable  order  that  Sir  Francis  shall  make.  [|  page,  damaged. 
See  Domestic  Eliz.,  Vol.  CXLVL,  No.  35.] 

Private  papers  relating  to  the  Catesby  family,  as  follows  : — 

78.  List  of  bonds  entered  into  between  1573  and  1580,  by  Sir  Wm. 
Catesby  of  Ashby  Ledgers,  co.  Northampton,  and  others,  for  pay- 
ment of  monies  to  certain  persons  named,  e.  g.,  Thos.  Tresham  of 
Kushton,  CO.  Northampton,  Edw.  Pitt  of  the  Inner  Temple,  and 
Eob.  Wilford  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  London,  Thos.  Wilford,  merchant 
tailor  of  London,  and  others.     [|  page,  Latin,  da/maged.] 

79.  Eeceipt  by  James  Dickson,  fishmonger  of  London,  of  a  sum 
not  mentioned,  from  Sir  Wm.  Catesby,  in  full  of  all  debts  owing 
to  him  by  Richard  Catesby.     [^  page.]  16  May  1580. 

80.  W.  Wiggs  to .     I  pray  you  visit  Friday  Street,  and 

be  earnest  that  he  procures  some  more  money  out  of  hand,  by 
Mr.  Licenti  Commend  me  to  Mrs.  Somerfield,  in  Warwickshire, 
and  assure  her  that  they  cannot  have  better  education  anywhere 
than  in  our  schools.'     [_Scrap.]  6  June  1580. 

81.  Receipt  by  William  Over,  innholder  of  Ware,  for  71.  from 
Sir  William  Catesby  for  a  debt  of  Richard  Catesby.     [f  page.] 

8  June  1580. 

82.  Receipt  by  William  Freculton  for  51.  from  Sir  Wm.  Catesby 
in  discharge  of  a  debt  of  Richard  Catesby  ;  paid  by  virtue  of 
articles  entered  into  by  Sir  Wm.  and  Rich.  Catesby,  dated  16  April 
1580.     [i^age.]  24  June  1680. 


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83.  Similar  receipt  by  John  Grene  for  20s.     [i  page.] 

24  June  1580. 

84.  Receipt  by  Eichard  Bartlet,  of  Sunbury,  for  611.  10s.  from 
Sir  Wm.  Catesby,  for  half  a  year's  rent  of  Willicot  pastures,  due 
25  March  1581.     [^  page.}  28  Nov.  1580. 

85.  Note  that  Sir  William  Catesby  and  Morris  Miles  are  bound 
in  400L  to  John  Catesby,  to  be  paid  him  by  lOQl.  instalments  ;  also 
note  by  a  servant  of  Sir  "William,  that  Morris  Miles  stands  bound 
■with  his  master  for  payment  of  the  said  amount ;  and  that  his 
master  is  bound  by  two  counter  bonds  for  8001.  to  save  Miles 
harmless.     [^  page,  soiled.]  6  Dec.  1580, 

86.  Eeceipt  by  Katherine  Smith  for  SI.  10s.  from  Sir  Wm. 
Catesby,  in  satisfaction  of  a  debt  due  to  her  by  Eichard  Catesby, 
and  mentioned  in  certain  articles  between  Sir  William,  and  the 
said  Richard,     [f  page.    Signed  with  a  mark]  11  Dec.  1580. 

87.  Like  leceipt  by  Robert  Hilton  for  SI.  from  Sir  Wm.  Catesby. 
l^page.]  23  Dec.  1580. 

88.  Like  receipt  by  Eich.  Archer  for  il.  from  Sir  Wm.  Catesby. 
[^page.]  23  Dec.  1580. 

89.  Suit  of  Peter  Newall,  Fulk  and  Wm.  Aldersey,  Eob.  Driurst, 
Thos.  Titlow,  John  Fletcher,  and  their  consorts,  merchants  of  Chester, 
to  Council.  Petitioned  last  August  for  recompense  of  losses  in  France, 
and  were  told  to  wait  till  the  Queen  heard  from  France  what  recom- 
pense her  merchants  had  of  their  losses ;  therefore  surceased,  but 
now  resume  their  petition,  either  for  letters  of  marque  to  recompense 
themselves  from  the  French,  or  for  one  on  the  ships  of  St.  Malo  and 
Brittany  to  be  found  in  the  Queen's  dominions,  or  for  some  other 
satisfaction.  Since  1570,  the  French  have  spoiled  eight  Chester 
ships,  value  \0,300l.,  and  they  have  lost  by  other  casualties  10,500^, 
[h  pags.]     Annexing, 

89.  I.  Details  of  the  spoils  committed  and  casualties  sustained,  as 
alluded  to  above,  total  20,800?.  between  1570  and  1579,  by 
reason  whereof  there  is  not  a  ship  left  in  Chester,  which 
shows  the  miserable  estate  of  the  merchants.     [1|  pages.]' 

89.  II.  Information  addressed  to  Council  by  the  above  merchants 
of  their  losses  by  the  French,  especially  those  of  St.  Malo. 
On  complaint  made  and  no  redress  obtained,  they  were 
allowed  to  arrest  the  men  and  goods  of  8t.  Malo  and 
Little  Brittany,  but  one  merchant  whom  they  arrested,  and 
who  was  condemned  in  the  Admiralty  court,  was  released 
on  appeal  to  the  Court  of  Delegates. 

Having  spent  much  in  vain  in  seeking  recompense 
beg  for  letters  of  marque  ;  have  lost  8,000Z.  by  piracy  and 
3,000?.  by  shipwreck,  since  1575.    [I  page.] 


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90.  Request  by  Philip  Jones,  that  the  imposition  upon  hops  and 
alum  in  Flanders  be  taken  away,  before  liberty  for  transporting 
pelts  be  granted.  In  the  time  of  making  the  first  intercourse 
in  1495,  pelts  were  not  made  in  this  realm ;  SO  years  ago  it 
was  no  common  trade,  but  only  used  by  the  inventors.  The  general 
licence  to  carry  them  over  takes  away  the  force  of  the  statute 
of  5  Eliz.,  made  in  consideration  of  the  great  prices,  which  dis- 
abled glovers,  saddlers,  &c.  from  buying  white  leather,  so  that 
their  trade  was  lessened,  and  they  impoverished.  The  prerogative 
of  the  Princes  is  not  taken  away  by  making  the  said  intercourse, 
but  upon  change  of  worldly  things,  restraints,  or  licences  may  be 
made  by  them  for  the  benefit  of  their  subjects ;  as  in  the  Low 
Countries,  where,  since  the  time  of  the  intercourse,  spun  yarn, 
wools,  or  cotton  have  been  prohibited  to  be  carried  from  hence ; 
by  the  like  reason  might  copper  be  carried  over  by  them.  [^  page. 
See  JDovi.  Eliz.,  Vol.,  CXLVL,  No.  116.] 

91.  Note  of  the  matters  in  difi'erence  between  Paul  Gresham  and 
William  Campynet,  of  Stanford,  concerning  Tekencote  manor,  co. 
Eutland,  late  the  iaheritance  of  Margaret,  widow  of  John  Campynet, 
now  wife  of  Gresham.  By  the  Act  32  Hen.  VIII.,  recoveries  to 
be  had  by  covin  against  a  tenant  for  life,  without  the  assent  of 
those  in  remainder  or  reversion,  were  made  void ;  since  then,  some 
have  piactised  to  defraud  that  statute,  by  bringing  in  the  tenant 
for  life  by  way  of  voucher,  after  a  conveyance  made  of  the  land 
to  a  stranger  by  covin,  and  thereupon  in  a  common  recovery,  to 
bar  him  in  tlie  reversion  or  remainder,  which  is  equal  mischief. 
A  general  bill  lias  therefore  been  brought  into  the  Lower  House  by 
Gresham,  explaining  all  the  facts,  and  praying  that  special  provision 
may  be  made  for  the  safeguard  of  his  estate,  which  by  like  common 
recovery,  he  has  procured  to  himself,  to  cut  off  the  remainder  of 
"William  Campynet,  brother  and  heir  of  John  Campynet,  in  the  manor 
aforesaid,  Gresham  surmising  that  John  Campynet  procured  to 
himself  a  remainder  in  fee-simple  of  the  said  manor,  against  the 
will  and  meaning  of  Margaret  then  his  wife. 

Wm.  Campynet's  case  is  that  Margaret,  .being  seized  in  tail 
general  as  well  of  the  said  manor  as  of  other  lands  and  rents,  cos. 
Cambridge  and  Bedford,  after  her  marriage  with  John  Campynet, 
assured  all  her  lands  by  fine  and  recovery  to  her  said  husband  and 
herself  and  their  heirs,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  John,  in 
consideration  that  he  had  disbursed  about  her  afiairs  and  the 
redemption  of  incumbrances  more  money  than  all  the  lands  were 
worth.  As  John  died  without  issue,  she  was  in  effect  but  tenant 
for  life,  yet  though  John,  by  his  will,  gave  again  to  her  and  her  heirs 
one  half  the  lands,  viz.,  the  land  and  rent  in  cos.  Cambridge  and 
Bedford,  and  left  her  500?.  in  goods,  and  20  marks  in  lands  besides, 
and  notwithstanding  that  "William  Campynet  was  the  only  procurer 
of  the  marriage  between  Gresham  and  Margaret,  his  brother's  wife, 
yet  Gresham,  by  such  recovery,  defeated  "William  of  his  remainder 
of  the  said  manor,  and  suffered  a  recovery  of  the  advowson  of 


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Vol.  XXVI. 

Tekencote  church,  whicli  was  never  the  inheritance  of  Margaret, 
but  was  purchased  by  John  Campynet  himself;  it  appears  by 
depositions  in  Chancery,  that  Margaret  had  often  declared  her 
meaning  that  John  Campynet  should  have  the  fee-simple  of  those 
lands,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  said  fine  and  recovery.  [1  sheet. 
See  Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  GXLVL,  No.  96.] 

92.  Confession  of  the  faith  of  me,  .  Gabriel  Pultney,  Esq.  [of 
Knowle  Hall,  co.  Warwick.]  I  confess  my  Lord  God  eternal  and 
infinite,  who,  although  he  be  of  a  pure  substance,  yet  is  distinct  m 
three  persons.  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  and  who_  of  nothing 
has  created  all  things,  and  man  after  his  image,  that  in  him  he  might 
be  glorified,  and  by  his  providence  still  governs  the  same. 

I  confess  Jesus  Christ,  my  only  Saviour  and  Messiah,  to  be  coequal 
with  God,  and  yet  to  have  taken  the  shape  of  man,  and  in  all 
things  like  unto  him,  except  sin,  to  assure  me  of  mercy  and  for- 
giveness, and  to  have  taken  upon  him  the  punishment  of  my  sins, 
that  I  might  be  delivered  from  the  curse  of  the  law;  so  that  I 
hold  it  as  a  detestable  presumption  that  men  should  attribute  to 
themselves  any  merit,  to  trust  therein,  to  obtain  everlasting  life. 

I  renounce  and  detest  all  heresies  and  heretics  who  affirm  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  not  God  and  man  in  one  person,  as  Marcion,  Nestorius, 
and  Eutyches  were,  and  I  detest  that  superstition  which  is  imagined 
to  direct  men  to  saints,  as  patrons  and  advocates  with  God  for  them. 

I  confess  the  Holy  Ghost  God  equal  with  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
who  sanctifies  me  in  all  truth,  and  persuades  me  in  my  conscience 
that  I  am  the  child  of  God,  by  the  application  of  Christ's  merits  to  me. 

I  confess  one  Holy  Church,  which  consents  in  faith,  hope,  and 
charity,  not  seen  to  human  eye,  but  only  known  to  God,  who  has 
ordained  some  as  vessels  of  wrath  to  damnation,  and  has  chosen 
others  as  vessels  of  mercy  to  be  saved. 

I  confess  that  Christ  Jesus  has  left  us  two  sacraments  as  seals, 
viz.,  baptism  and  the  Supper  of  the  Lord  (rejecting  the  five  sacra- 
ments which  the  Papists  have  invented) ;  baptism,  whereby  we  are 
received  into  the  church  of  God,  and  the  Lord's  Supper  whereby  we 
are  confirmed  in  the  same. 

I  also  confess  that  the  water  in  baptism  testifies  the  true  presence 
of  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  washing  sins  from  my  soul,  as  water 
washes  filthiness  from  my  body  ;  and  I  detest  the  error  of  the  Ana- 
baptists, who  say  that  infants  are  not  to  be  baptised.  I  believe  that 
in  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  bread  and  wine  are  certain  pledges  that  I  am 
spiritually  nourished  with  the  body  and  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  and 
that  I  receive  therein  Christ's  natural  body,  sic  spiritualiter  ut 
tamen  vere,  but  not  corporally,  that  is  to  say,  grossly,  like  other 
meats,  and  so  I  join  with  the  signs  the  possession  and  use  of  that 
which  is  there  figured.  I  believe  that  the  wicked  are  not  partakers 
of  the  body  of  Christ,  but  receive  the  outward  element  only. 

I  also  detest  the  mass  as  abominable  sacrilege, — being  a  sacrifice, 
as  the  Papists  term  it,  for  the  quick  and  the  dead,— and  all  their 
errors,  maintaining  transubstantiation,  and  denying  the  cup  to  the 
lay  people,  contrary  to  the  institution  of  Jesus  Christ. 


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I  confess  that  ecclesiastical  discipUae  belongs  to  the  church,  which 
stands  in  admonition  and  correction  of  faults;  as  also  a  politic 
magistrate,  who  ministers  justice  to  every  man,  defending  the  good 
and  punishing  the  evil. 

Finally,  I  believe  that  Christ  shall  come  to  judgment,  and  shall 
judge  both  quick  and  dead,  the  wicked  to  eternal  pains,  and  the 
good  to  everlasting  joy  and  bliss.     [1  page.] 

93.  Note  of  certain  places  to  be  reformed  in  the  book  called 
Historia  Pontifical  as  derogatory  to  Her  Majesty  headed,  "  Giertas 
infamias  contra  la  sereniss.  Reyna  y  su  reyno  de  Ingalatierra,  en 
la  Historia  Pontifical,"  viz.,  censures  on  Henry  VIII.  for  his  divorce 
from  Queen  Catherine  and  marriage  of  Anne  Boleyn ;  his  adherence 
to  Luther  ;  refusing  tribute  to  Kome  ;  spoiling  the  shrines,  &c. ;  also 
reflections  on  the  Queen's  personal  character.     [Spanish,  2|  pages.] 

94.  Names  of  12  gentlemen  and  one  lady  in  Cheshire  whose 
houses  are  greatly  infected  with  popery,  and  not  looked  into,  with 
particulars  of  their  families,  &c.,  viz.  :  Sir  Ralph  Brereton,  George 

Massy, M.anley  of  Poulton,  John  Massy  of  Coddington,  Rich. 

Massy  of  Andford, Bromley  of  Hampton  post.  Lady  Egerton 

of  Ridley,  Sir  Piers  Leigh,  a  justice ;  John  Dutton  of  Dutton,  Wm. 

Davenport  of  Broughall, Massy  of  Sale,  and  Roland  Dutton  of 

Hatton.  Also  names  of  seven  justices  of  peace  not  known  to  be 
of  any  religion,  and  therefore  suspected  to  be  Papists,  viz.,  Thos. 
Leigh  of  Highleigh,  Thos.  Leigh  of  Adlington,  Sir  Rich.  Buckley, 

"Wm.   Glaseour,   Vernon  of  Haslington,  John  Poole,  sen,,  of 

Poole,  Sir  Rowland  Stanley ;  also  names  of  four  other  gentlemen 
suitable  to  be  placed  in  their  room,  viz.;  Thos.  Smyth,  Thos.  Bun- 
bury,  Rich.  Hurleston,  and  Thos.  Venables.  Also  names  of  three 
parsonages  fit  for  learned  men,  to  which  the  now  Bishop  of  Chester 
has  admitted  unwortiiy  persons ;  and  there  are  many  more  such 
parsonages.  The  curates  in  the  diocese  are  mostly  unlearned.  The 
bishop  frequents  those  infected  with  popery,  on  pretence  of  seeking 
their  reformation,  but  never  yet  reformed  any.     [1^  pages.] 

95.  Account  of  the  voyage  of  the  English  corsair,  Francis  Drake, 
through  the  Straits  of  Magellan  to  the  South  Sea,  and  particulars  of 
the  amount  of  treasure  seized  by  him  and  his  ships.  [Spanish, 
2  pages.  This  voyage  is  detailed  in  full  in  Hakluyt,  Vol.  IV., 
pp.  232-245.] 

96.  Report  of  Nicholas  Martin,  H.  Carey,  and  H.  Beauvoir, 
jurats  of  Guernsey,  to  Drs.  Dale  and  Aubry,  touching  the  matter  of 
Sir  Thos.  Leighton.  In  answer  to  your  question  whether  goods 
taken  upon  the  seas  by  pirates,  and  brought  to  Guernsey,  and  there 
seized  by  Her  Majesty's  officers  are  forfeit :  "We  do  not  find  any 
law,  custom,  or  privilege  by  which  they  ought  to  be  forfeit  to  Her 
Majesty,  unless  seized  by  her  officer,  appointed  by  order  of  the  bailiff 
and  jurats  there ;  and  then  the  matter  being  examined  by  the 
bailiff  and  jurats  is  by  them  certified  to  Her  Majesty's  Council, 
that  they  may  take  order,  by  commission  or  otherwise,     [1  page.] 

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1580? 


Vol.  XXVI. 

97.  Answer  of  Nicholas  Martin  and  Henry  Beauvoir,  in  the 
name  of  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of  Guernsey,  to  the  complaint  ex- 
hibited to  Council  by  Peter  Carey,  Wm.  Beauvoir,  and  others 
against  them  : — 

1.  All  lands,  rents,  &c.  whereof  Nicholas  Carey,  the  father  ot 
Peter  Carey,  died  seized  in  his  own  right,  are  partable  for  the  most 
part  amongst  his  children,  male  and  female,  by  the  custom  of  the 
said  isle,  and  so  not  properly  gavelkind  land. 

2.  Nicholas  Carey  was  adjudged  by  the  baUiff  and  jurats  to 
yield  to  the  complainants  a  true  copy  of  the  whole  of  the  evi- 
dence touching  the  lands  and  tenements  of  their  father,  under 
forfeiture  of  20l.,  which  he  has  since  done. 

3:  Parquin  and  Friteaux  close,  five  acres  of  ground  in  Crowte 
Pyteott,  and  four  bushels  of  rent  wheat  were  never  parcel  of  the 
inheritance  of  Nich.  Carey,  but  of  Colette  Martin,  mother  of  the 
eldest  brother,  and  wife  to  Nich.  Carey  the  father,  to  whoir.' 
Nicholas  their  brother  is  only  son  and  sole  heir,  so  that  the  same 
are  not  partable  amongst  the  complainants,  by  the  custom  of  the 
said  isle. 

4.  The  mill  and  parcel  of  ground  were  parcel  of  the  Queen's 
possessions,  which  Nich.  Carey  deceased  had  taken  in  fee-farm  of 
Her  Majesty's  commissioners,  paying  yearly  rent.  The  elder 
brother  alleging  the  mill  and  ground  to  appertain  to  him  as  heir 
general,  by  force  of  the  grant  of  Her  Majesty's  commissioners,  the 
bailiff  and  jurats  suspended  their  judgment  touching  any  parti- 
tion thereof,  on  account  of  the  ambiguity  of  the  matter,  the  like 
case  never  having  been  before  in  question  before  them,  until 
there  was  a  full  appearance  of  all  the  bailiffs  and  jurats  to  make 
a  final  judgment,  which  judgment  the  complainants  refuse,  and 
so  the  matter  stands  undiscussed,  whether  any  partition  ouglit 
to  be  made  of  the  said  mill  and  ground.  The  complainants  have 
not  therefore  as  yet  received  any  wrong,  and  it  is  submitted 
whether  they  have  any  cause  to  complain.     [|  sheet.] 

■  98.  Account  by  a  servant  of  money  expended  in  the  purchase  of 
wine,  ginger,  and  liquorice,  for  his  master  [Rich.  Oseley],  when 
Mr.  Kerry  and  Mr.  Avenell  were  there  ;  also  draft  form  of  a  warrant 
to  Tlios.  Breche  of  Lancaster,  to  deliver  to  Sir  Thomas  Crofts  1,000Z., 
to  be  employed  in  Her  Majesty's  affairs;  and  other  notes  of  no 
importance.     [2  pages,  fragvient] 


Vol.  XXVII.     1581—1582. 
1581. 

Jan.  2.  1.  Report  of  John  Donne.     On  27th  June,  I  left  Exmouth  in  the 

Jennet  of  Exmouth,  and  arrived  at  St.  Sebastian's  1 0  July.  Four  days 
after,  Richard,  son  of  Thos.  Burley,  of  Melconibe  Regis,  arrived  in  the 
Minion  of  Bridge  water,  and  on  intelligence  of  my  being  there,  went 


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1581.  VoL.XXVIT. 

to  the  commissary,  and  accused  me  of  being  a  heretic,  and  of  coming 
over  as  a  spy  against  the  King  of  Spain  and  the  Irish  bishop ;  there- 
upon the  commissary  wrote  to  the  General  of  Fontarabia  to  appre- 
hend me,  and  embargo  my  goods.  He  sent  the  captain  of  St.  Sebas- 
tian's to  do  so.  The  captain  searched  my  lodgings,  without  finding 
anything  for  his  purpose,  and  then  I  was  carried  prisoner  to  the 
Geueral  of  Fontarabia,  and  delivered  into  the  custody  of  General 
AUgoheils  and  four  armed  soldiers,  who  carried  me  on  horseback 
and  bound  to  Fontarabia,  where  I  was  put  in  a  dark  pit  in  prison, 
and  kept  12  days.  Demanding  to  know  my  accuser,  the  general 
sent  to  St.  Sebastian's  to  know  if  there  were  any  merchants  that 
knew  me ;  whereupon  several  wrote  to  him  in  my  favour,  and 
ofiered  to  become  bound  in  5,000  ducats  that  I  was  no  such  man  as 
he  had  been  informed  ;  on  this  he  discharged  me,  and  wrote  to  the 
captain  to  redeliver  my  goods  ;  as  soon  as  my  accuser  heard  I  was 
discharged,  he  got  away. 

On  i  Aug.  I  left  for  St.  Andera,  where  the  Irish  bishop  made 
his  fleet,  and  came  into  Aleretho,  where  I  met  Sir  John  Fergus,  one 
of  the  bishop's  chaplains,  who  knew  me  well  at  St.  James's  in 
Galicia ;  I  made  him  say  mass  for  me,  and  gave  him  largely,  being 
one  of  the  bishop's  chaplains  ;  thus  he  told  me  of  the  pretence  of 
the  bishop,  and.  asked  the  cause  of  my  coming  to  Aleretho ;  I  told 
him  to  buy  oranges,  and  that  I  had  a  bark  coming  there  to  lade 
with  them,  but  they  being  so  dear,  I  meant  to  lade  elsewhere.  He 
told  me  the  Bishop's  army  consisted  of  seven  ships,  with  victuals 
and  munition  for  16,000  men,  and  that  they  only  waited  an  answer 
by  a  pinnace  which  was  sent  to  Ireland  16  July,  as  a  spy,  with  let- 
ters to  the  Earl  of  Desmond,  when  they  would  depart  for  Ireland, 
with  the  seven  ships,  and  1,000  Italian  and  Spanish  soldiers.  That 
there  was  an  Englishman  named  Browne  among  them,  who  was  in 
great  favour  with  my  Lord,  and  that  there  would  be  20  more  sail 
to  follow,  with  2,000  soldiers.  I  also  met  a  man  of  the  Groyne,  who 
was  a  soldier  with  the  Irish  bishop  for  two  months,  and  confirmed 
all  this. 

On  18  Aug.  I  arrived  at  VaUadolid,  and  met  a  Galicia  merchant 
coming  from  Court,  who  told  me  he  met  Richard  Burley  going  to 
Court.  Upon  this  news  I  gave  over  my  journey,  left  for  Galicia, 
and  arrived  at  Vevera  4  Sept.,  where  I  remained  four  days ;  the 
archdeacon  of  the  town,  whose  brother  was  Dean  of  Valencia,  told 
me  that  his  brother  sent  the  Irish  bishop,  by  command  of  the  Pope, 
80,000  ducats,  which  he  had  gathered  in  Castile  ;  that  great  prepa- 
ration had  been  made  by  the  Pope  for  sending  into  Ireland,  and 
that  after  the  wars  were  ended  in  Portugal,  the  King  of  Spain  would 
aid  with  great  power. 

I  ariived  in  the  Groyne  11  Sept.,  remained  six  days,  and  went 
to  kiss  the  Eegent's  hands,  who  thanked  me  for  what  I  had  sent 
Iiim.  He  asked  for  news  of  England,  but  being  only  a  merchant, 
I  knew  of  none  but  of  merchandize.  The  next  day  I  entertained 
the  secretary  and  four  of  his  friends  at  a  banquet,  and  gave  him  six 
pair  of  fine  Hollands,  hoping  to  understand  somewhat  of  him.     He 


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Vol.  XXVIL 

told  me,  with  regard  to  the  wars  in  Portugal,  that  the  King  of  Spain 
had  it  quietly,  and  that  the  Kegent  had  received  letters  from  the 
King  that  the  Pope  had  written  him,  to  provide  a  power  to  join 
with-  him  to  send  to  Ireland,  on  pain  of  his  curse. 

I  also  conversed  with  Bonefacius,  purveyor  in  Galicia  for  the  navy, 
who  said  that  an  English  captain,  Henry  Carey,  with  Don  Pedro 
Baldez,  general  of  the  whole  fleet,  had  drawn  out  a  plat  of  all  the 
ports  of  England,  Ireland,  and  Scotland,  and  that  he  had  delivered  it 
to  Don  Pedro,  with  whom  he  was  in  great  favour. 

On  17  Sept.  I  departed  for  Bayonne,  where  I  met  Gomes  Perious 
and  Drather,  who  told  me  that  when  they  had  ended  the  wars  in 
Portugal,  they  would  go  for  Ireland,  and  so  for  England. 

On  the  23rd,  I  went  to  Viana  in  Portugal,  thinking  to  embark 
for  England  in  a  ship  of  the  West  Country ;  but  as  it  could  not  be 
got  ready  soon,  I  returned  to  Bayonne,  and  then  to  Viego,  and 
agreed  for  a  passage  with  the  master  of  a  bark  there. 

On  16  Nov.,  Don  Pedro  Baldez  came  into  the  river  of  Viego,  from 
the  Groyne  with  his  fleet  of  40  sail,  laden  with  provisions  for  Lisbon ; 
and  he,  understanding  that  there  was  an  English  bark  bound  for 
England,  went  on  board,  and  took  away  the  sails  ;  demanding  what 
passengers  they  had,  and  they  answering  a  Fleming,  he  sent  for  him, 
and  put  him  in  irons  aboard  his  admiral.  He  also  sent  for  me,  but 
I  got  out  of  the  way,  and  hid  myself  in  a  broom  close  two  days  and 
three  nights,  without  meat  or  drink. 

On  the  20th  I  went  to  Bayonne,  where  I  kept  close  two  days, 
then  to  Viana  ;  I  stayed  18  days  for  a  passage,  going  in  the  mean- 
time to  Pontethelema,  where  I  met  Pedro  Gorina  Delamais  of 
Corcaven,  who  came  post  from  Lisbon  to  hasten  Don  Pedro  to  Lis- 
bon with  his  fleet ;  he  said  that  most  part  of  the  shipping  at  Lisbon 
should  go  for  Ireland,  as  soon  as  Portugal  was  quiet,  and  that  the 
King  would  go  to  Lisbon  to  set  order  in  Portugal. 

The  state  of  Portugal  at  present  seems  as  follows : — 

The  King  of  Spain  is  in  full  possession  of  Portugal,  and  has  gar- 
risoned all  the  forts  and  towns.  He  has  1 2,000  soldiers  there,  of 
which  5,000  are  good  and  old  soldiers  of  Lombardy,  Naples,  and 
Sicily.  The  island  of  Madeira  has  yielded  to  him  ;  but  those  of 
Surres  [Azores]  stand  against  him,  and  it  is  thought  they  wUl  rather 
yield  to  some  other  prince,  if  they  might  have  aid.  The  King  sends 
five  ships  to  the  Indies,  and  four  to  Brazil  from  Lisbon. 

As  for  Don  Antonio,  there  is  no  news  in  Portugal ;  but  some  say 
he  has  gone  for  France.  The  revenues  that  the  King  of  Portugal 
has,  by  his  customs  and  other  royalties,  amount  to  one  million  and 
a  half  of  gold.  He  has  Luestradigo  of  St.  lago  in  his  hands,  and 
the  livings  of  Don  Duarte,  Infanta,  and  Donna  Maria,  all  which 
may  be  worth  300,000  ducats.     [4  pages.] 

Jan.  1 8.  2.  W.  Borough  and  four  other  "  commissioners  for  dissolving  the 
preparation  for  Portugal,"  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  We  have  heard 
Mr.  Hawkins'  allegations  touching  his  loss  by  dissolving  the  pre- 
parations made  foi:  the  late  voyage  intended  for  the  Portugal 
islands,  and  find  that  he  ought  to  be  allowed  for  loss  by  provi- 


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1581. 


Jan.  25. 

Guernsey. 


Jan.  25  ? 


Feb.  15. 

Bayonne. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

sions  returned,  over  and  above  the  allowance  we  awarded  him 
at  the  first,  305Z.  16s.  8d.  "We  likewise  find  that  there  ought  to 
be  allowed,  for  the  waste  of  powder  and  munition,  besides  what  is 
already  awarded,  191.  We  enclose  particulars  of  these  losses. 
[1  page.]     Annexing, 

2.  I.  Account  of  losses  sustained  by  John  Hawkins,  in  pro- 
viding sea  stores  mentioned,  embezzled  and  wasted, 
besides  the  loss  on  victuals.  Total,S05l.l6s.  Hd.;  also, 
by  powder  and  munition  wasted  and  broken,  191.  Os.  Od. 
m  pages.] 

3.  G.  Byauvoer  [Beauvoir  ?]  jun.,  to  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  governor 
of  Guernsey,  at  London.  Council  letters  have  been  sent  to  Mr. 
Wigmore,  your  lieutenant,  and  the  bailiff  and  jurats,  by  procurers 
authorised  by  private  persons,  saying  that  the  charge  of  the  pro- 
curers was  to  be  borne  by  those  who  had  authorised  them,  or  those 
who  would  voluntarily  contribute.  These  letters  have  been  read  to 
the  constables,  and  copies  translated  into  French  given  them,  to  show 
to  the  inhabitants,  and  know  their  will  about  the  voluntary  contri- 
bution, of  which  I  hope  you  will  soon  be  informed.  Then  the  Lieu- 
tenant, and  Nich.  Carey,  John  Delacourt,  and  myself,  as  assistants, 
wished  the  collection  to  be  made,  but  the  bailiff  and  the  rest  of  the 
jurats  would  not  permit  it,  unless  the  tax  was  general  through  the 
island.  Nich.  le  Poitevin,  in  the  name  of  the  rest,  asked  the  benefit 
of  the  Council's  letters,  that  it  might  be  raised  as  you  had  ordered, 
from  those  who  contributed  willingly,  but  could  not  be  heard. 

We  know  that  certain  procurers  are  coming  with  letters  from  the 
bailiff  and  jurats  to  Council,  but  know  not  the  contents ;  therefore 
Carey,  Delacourt,  and  I  thought  best  to  certify  you  beforehand  the 
state  of  affairs,  as  you  are  the  help  of  all  who  live  in  obedience  to 
Her  Majesty,  and  will  not  endure  the  calumnies  passed  on  yourself, 
and  the  justice  of  the  country.  The  said  procurers,  though  private 
persons,  advise  the  common  people  to  agree  with  them,  and  set 
themselves  up  as  protectors  and  reformers  of  our  privileges.  Thus 
they  would  soon  render  your  government  contemptible,  and  prevent 
the  obedience  due  to  Her  Majesty,  their  superiors,  and  magistrates. 
[21  pages,  French.] 

4.  Names  of  Commissioners  appointed  for  Guernsey  matters, 
viz. : — Norton,  of  London ;  Thos.  Fashion,  of  Southampton,  alias 
Seigneur  d'Anneville;  John  de  Vic,  senior,  of  Guernsey;  John 
Andrew,  of  Guernsey,  alias  Seigneur  de  Saumares.     [Scrap.] 

5.  David  Perrin  to  Lord  Charles  Howard.  A  certain  friar  has 
informed  me  of  the  pretence  of  the  Kings  of  Spain,  France,  Portugal, 
Sweden,  and  the  Pope,  with  all  the  ppwer  they  may  make,  and  the 
consent  of  the  Couilcil  of  Scotland,  the  rebels  of  Ireland,  and  those 
in  England,  who  promise  to  be  part  helpers  when  the  time  shall 
serve,  He  showed  me  how  that  our  Queen  was  to  have  been  made 
away  with  by  treason  last  January,  and  that  if  they  then  missed 


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1581. 

their  purpose,  it  was  to  have  been  done  the  last  of  April,  and  by  the 

consent  of  some  of  your  own  realm. 

He  said  that  King  Philip,  having  Portugal  and  many  ships,  is 
very  strong ;  and  that  where  heretofore  he  has  not  made  stay  of 
any  ships  which  have  entered  his  realm,  lest  they  should  go  to 
Portugal,  he  will  now  first  pretend  to  favour  them,  to  get  many 
into  his  power,  and  then  seize  them,  as  will  also  the  King  of 
France. 

With  these  ships  they  intend  sailing  for  Ireland  and  Milford,  and 
there  is  another  army  for  Cornwall  and  Scotland.  The  King  of 
France  will  send  provisions  to  Scotland  and  Ireland,  and  with  what 
he  and  the  King  of  Spain  may  make,  with  the  help  of  the  Scots, 
they  mean  to  have  Ireland,  and  make  the  Queen  of  Scots  Queen  of 
England.  King  Philip  will  marry  his  daughter  to  the  King  of 
Scots ;  the  Pope  with  his  power  will  come  down  upon  Yarmandea  (sic), 
and  Flanders,  and  the  whole  17  lands,  and  the  King' of  Poland  by 
land,  and  the  King  of  Sweden  by  sea,  against  Denmark,  and  against 
the  cities  which  are  Martin  Luther's,  and  so  will  bring  all  to  one 
religion  if  they  may ;  but  God  will  defend  us  against  them  all,  I  hope. 

King  Philip  and  all  of  them  have  never  a  better  time  than  now, 
for  he  and  the  King  of  France  have  league  with  the  Turk  and  the 
King  of  Morocco  ;  and  the  Turk  is  making  a  great  armada  to  go 
against  the  Venetians,  and  there  are  many  galleys  and  argosies 
coming  out  of  the  Levant  towards  Spain,  as  also  a  great  fleet  making 
ready  at  Lisbon,  and  other  parts  by  the  sea  side  to  the  Groyne, 
and  many  soldiers.  The  report  is  that  all  these  are  to  strengthen 
Portugal,  but  that  is  only  to  colour  their  pretences.  There  are  also 
many  ships  and  soldiers  got  ready  in  France,  and  upwards  of  200 
ships,  laden  with  provisions,  have  come  from  Scotland  during  the 
last  year,  besides  many  from  other  places,  which  provision  it  is 
thought  is  intended  for  the  French  and  Spanish  army. 

I  am  bold  to  advertise  thus  much,  for  the  zeal  I  have  borne 
towards  you  for  a  long  time.  I  am  a  Barnstaple  man,  and  dwell 
at  the  FloBur-de-lis  in  Tower  Street,  and  at  my  coming  home  from 
my  voyage,  you  shall  understand  more  of  me. 

P.S.— I  am  In  a  ship  of  Mr.  Harry  Oughtred's  of  Hampton,  who 
married  with  my  Lady  CourOenay.     [li  pages.] 

March  12.  6.  Wm.  Lord  Sandys  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  I  hope  you  do 
not  think  my  absence  arises  from  undutiful  affection  towards  my 
Sovereign  or  country ;  it  is  only  from  want  of  ability,  as  I  left  my 
country  indebt,  great  for  my  portion  of  living,  and  still  remain  so  ; 
therefore  if  Her  Majesty  will  license  me  longer,  I  am  desirous  to 
stay  abroad,  that  I  may  shake  off  my  heavy  charge,  and  be  the 
better  able  to  serve  her.  I  confess  myself  bound  to  you,  who  would 
have  me  make  a  speedy  return.  I  understand  by  my  Lord  Ambas- 
sador that  you  wish  to  have  a  rider  and  horse  which  are  here.  The 
man  has  left,  being  engaged  by  a  gentleman  of  Berry,  but  I  will 
endeavour  to  recover  him  for  you.  I  cannot  commend  him  for  a 
horseman  meet  to  be  about  you  at  Court,  but  for  a  tractable  natured 


Blois. 


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41 


1  .„i  Vol.  XXVII. 

fellow,  fit  for  a  nobleman  in  the  country,  and  for  a  studdery.  The 
horse  is  a  good  courser,  dappled  grey,  well  limbed,  sound  of  body, 
comely  in  trot,  easily  managed,  and  nine  years  of  age ;  he  has 
some  small  knobs  on  his  leg,  of  the  size  of  a  small  bird's  egg,  but  he 
never  complains  until  after  travel,  and  for  a  stallion  I  commend 
him  even  for  a  Prince,  and  doubt  not  that,  after  many  years'  service, 
he  will  serve  for  your  stud.  I  doubt  not  my  Lord  Ambassador  can 
secure  him.     [IJ  pages.] 

[April  13.]  7 — 9.  Interrogatories  for  the  examination  of  Hen.  Baylie  of  North- 
ampton, Ralph  Freeman  of  Broughton,  co.  Northampton,  Laurence 
Marvsh  of  Kingscrope  near  Northampton,  Hen.  Sharpe  of  Northamp- 
ton, John  Harrison  of  London,  and  Thos.  Pemerton  of  Northampton, 
on  behalf  of  Robert  Manley,  in  a  suit  before  the  Ecclesiastical  Com- 
missioners, concerning  the  disposal  of  Sprotton  parsonage,  under 
the  will  of  Laurence  Manley,  the  right  of  his  son  Edw.  Manley 
to  leave  it  away  from  his  eldest  son  Laurence,  and  the  conduct  of 
Wm.  Jennings,  curate  of  All  Saints,  Northampton,  in  relation  thereto. 
[3  slips  of  parchment] 


April  13. 


April  14. 
Orleans. 


July  30. 


Aug.  20. 

Guernsey. 


Sept.  6. 


10.  Answer  of  the  above-named  persons,  and  of  Thomas  Williams, 
servant  of  Baylie,  to  the  said  interrogatories.     [16  J  pages.'] 

11.  Henry  Lord  Percy  to  Lord  Burghley.  Thanks  for  benefits,  and 
for  your  desire  to  see  me  prosper  in  piety  and  learning.  I  am  most 
indebted  to  you,  after  the  Queen  and  my  parents.  Thanks  for  your 
exquisite  and  rare  counsel,  and  your  directions  for  my  travels,  which 
I  would  gladly  recompense. 

Commend  me  to  Lady  Burghley,  and  your  daughter,  the  Countess 
of  Oxford.     [French,  |  page.] 

12.  Minute  of  a  letter  from  Council  to  the  governor,  bailiff)  jurats, 
&c.  of  Guernsey,  In  the  time  of  Francis  Chamberlain,  the  inhabi- 
tants had  purchased  of  certain  commissioners  authorised  by  the 
Queen  divers  rents  and  lands,  the  conveyance  of  which  is  of  no 
validity,  iiot  having  been  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  island.  They 
are  authorised  to  proceed  to  perfecting  and  sealing  the  same,  that 
they  may  be  enjoyed  without  incumbrance,     [i  page.] 

13.  Sir  Tho.  Leighton  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  Thanks  for  my 
sport  enjoyed  by  your  order  in  the  New  Forest.  I  have  returned 
to  my  little  government,  and  hope  you  will  forward  King  Antonio's 
coming  hither,  with  the  traffic  of  his  subjects,  which  would  benefit 
me  and  these  islands.  Remember  your  promise  of  a  goshawk  or 
a  tarsell,  to  kill  my  pheasants  with  ;  also  I  want  a  stag  and  a  couple 
of  hinds.  Mr.  Vice-Chamberlain  deals  with  the  Queen  for  your 
daughter  Elizabeth's  suit  and  mine.     [1  page.] 

14.  "The  foundation  of  the  Yelds  of  Knoll,"  viz.,  the  copy  of  the 
King's  grant  made  to  Walter  Cook  and  others,  and  to  the  masters, 
keepers,  brethren,  and  sisters  of  the  fraternity  of  St.  John  Baptist, 
of  Laurence  Martin,  and  of  St.  Anne.  Witnessed  by  the  King 
himself  at  Westminster,  18  Feb.,  14  Hen.  IV. 


42  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1581. 


Vol.  XXVII. 


Endorsed  with  a  note  of  papers  delivered  to  Chaplain,  6  Sept., 
23  Eliz,,  to,  be  shown  to  the  writer's  attorney  in  Lichfield,  viz., 
counterpart  of  the  lease  of  Winterton ;  paper  book  of  Bury's  grant 
to  Sandyforth  of  Winterton  ;  the  declaration  of  the  Court  upon  the 
writ.     [Fragment.'} 

Sept.  26.  15.  Declaration  of  Collette  le  Fauconnerre,  before  Nich.  Carey, 
judge  delegate,  and  John  Blondel,  John  De  La  Court,  Wm.  Beauvoir, 
and  Edw.  Le  Fevre,  jun.,  jurats,  that  Leonard  Compton  is  the  father 
of  the  child  of  which  she  is  pregnant.     [^  pcige,  French.'] 

Sept.  ?  16.  Certain  notes  to  be  considered  by  Council,  touching  the  requests 

of  the  bailifi',  jurats,  and  inhabitants  of  Guernsey. 

As  to  confirmation  of  their  privileges,  they  must  be  renewed  at 
every  change  of  Prince,  the  Pope's  name  and  authority  being 
annihilated.  The  grant  should  express  how  far  is  the  extent  of  the 
privileges  of  the  isle,  by  which  in  time  of  war  they  are  not  only 
allowed  to  traffic  with  merchant  strangers,  but  no  vessels  are  to  be 
ti'oubled  when  within  view  of  any  part  of  the  isle,  which  was 
always  taken  to  be  21  miles,  but  the  men-of-war  say  it  is  only  the 
length  of  shot  from  a  piece  of  ordnance.  This  should  be  settled, 
and  a  penalty  laid  upon  infringement,  or  controversies  will  arise. 

If  the  Queen  grants  this  privilege,  the  inhabitants  hope  to  obtain 
a  like  privilege  from  the  French  King,  for  English  merchants 
coming  thither  to  traffic. 

As  to  church  goods,  it  should  be  considered  what  the  Queen'shall 
give,  and  a  survey  made  of  goods,  plate  money,  jewels,  rents  of 
land  and  wheat,  friaries,  free  chapels,  obits,  lamps,  lights,  noting 
what  is  for  repair  of  churches,  &c.,  and  this  by  commissioners  Amias 
Paulet,  and  the  bailiff  of  Jersey,  with  two  others  of  Guernsey. 

The  inhabitants  claimed  church  goods  by  a  grant  of  Edward  VI., 
sold  part,  and  bought  ordnance  for  defence  of  the  isle,  though  not  to 
the  same  amount.  These  should  not  be  for  the  private  use  of  the 
captain,  bailifi',  or  jurats,  but  for  fortifying  the  castle,  &c.  The 
licence  for  victuals,  &c.  is  very  necessary,  but  the  inhabitants  must 
be  bound  to  the  customers  where  they  lade,  to  bring  a  certificate 
from  the  captain  and  bailiff  that  they  are  unladen  and  spent  only  in 
the  island.     [2  pages.'] 

Sept.  ?  17.  [Louis  de  Vic  to  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  ?]     I  gave  your  letter  to 

the  bailiff  and  jurats,  who  have  written  at  large  their  laws  about 
stolen  goods  seized  first  by  Her  Majesty's  officers,  which  custom  I 
have  put  in  use  since  I  came  ;  for  Peter  John  having  stolen  goods 
from  Colas  Jersey,  Colas  seized  his  own  goods  first,  and  being 
brought  before  up,  I  told  the  bailiff  I  saw  no  reason  why,  as  the 
goods  were  Jersey's,  they  should  be  in  Jersey's  custody ;  but  all  the 
jurats  answered  that  if  the  Queen's  officers  had  seized  them  before, 
the  party  could  never  have  them  again,  but  they  were  absolutely 
forfeited  to  Her  Majesty. 

It  may  be  seen  what  Capt.  Paulet  is  ;  for  Capt,  Pelley,  once  prisoner 
here,  is  at  sea,  and  this  day  week  took  the  Mary  of  Alderney,  coming 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  43 


1581. 


Vol.  XXVII. 


from  Nantes  with  wines,  and  utterly  spoiled  it,  and  misused  the 
mariners,  and  said  he  had  watched  for  them,  and  would  spoil  every 
bark  of  England  or  Guernsey,  because  Paulet,  their  captain,  was 
prisoner  in  England  ;  and  if  one  hair  of  his  head  were  hurt,  they 
would  spoil  all  the  vessels  they  met. 

The  coast  of  Brittany  and  Normandy  is  full  of  soldiers,  some  ^ay 
to  attend  Monsieur  into  England,  some  to  go  with  M.  De  La 
Roche,  who  once  begged  these  islands  of  the  King,  to  the  Indies. 
Some  say  they  are  to  go  and  supplant  my  cousin  Frobisher ;  our 
bruit  is  they  will  attempt  this  island,  but  with  our  hoped-for  supply, 
we  shall  be  well  provided.  You  have  51  men  in  your  house,  such 
a  train  as  never  captain  kept  in  his  absence,  and.  your  charges  are 
infinite. 

The  quarrel  between  M.  De  Rohan  and  M.  Du  Val  is  ended., 
M.  De  Carronge,  the  new  governor  of  Normandy,  defends  the 
commons  against  the  gentlemen,  and  says  the  last  tax  demanded 
was  without  the  King's  consent. 

M.  De  Chateauneuf,  M.  De  Rohan,  and  all  the  nobility  of  this 
country  put  themselves  in  most  magnificent  order  to  attend  the 
Duke  into  England,  but  I  hope  their  suit  will  take  as  cold  effect  as 
the  cold  winter. 

The  Gascon  soldiers  attacked  those  of  the  King  of  Navarre,  who 
thereupon  surprised  Langon,  and  keeps  the  town,  and  levies  a 
talliage  upon  all  wine  coming  down  the  Garonne.  The  Papists  have 
taken  divers  towns  about  Montauban.  The  Duke  of  Guise  is  called 
protector  of  the  Romish  church.  M.  Le  Due  being  at  Alen9on,» 
people  wondered  why  he  did  not  pass  by  Court,  but  neither 
Protestants  nor  Papists  trust  him.  The  King  has  armed  30  ships  ; 
it  is  not  known  why.  Our  alum  man  has  deceived  us  ;  I  will  never 
give  a  protection  again  till  they  are  in  the  road  or  bound  to  come  ; 
yet  1  sent  for  the  protection  and  have  it. 

Your  last  letters  and  those  of  Council  came  by  St.  Male's,  and 
had  been  opened ;  so  do  not  impute  fault  to  me  for  not  answering 
sooner.  I  willed  Mr.  Bailiff"  to  send  you  two  of  the  jurats  and  the 
procurer,  but  I  do  not  think  they  will  dare  it ;  the  wood  is  truly 
yours,  by  their  law  and  by  Her  Majesty's  grant.  Mr.  Bailiff'  is  a 
good  man,  but  governed  by  the  rest.  Let  them  know  that  you  are 
the  governor,  for  they  presume  too  far.  The  procurer  wishes  to 
serve  you,  and  shall  come  if  the  jurats  come,  for  he  will  deal  for 
you  and  not  for  them.  1  send  you  the  bailiff  and  jurats'  letters  to 
Council. 

Mr.  Knowles  is  not  come  yet,  but  when  he  does  come,  he  shall 
be  used  to  your  content ;  there  is  no  gentleman  I  would  more 
willingly  pleasure.  I  shall  have  much  ado  with  the  ministers  about 
your  order  for  public  prayers,  but  the  people  will  honour  you  for  it. 
Let  me  know  your  pleasure  about  my  remaining ;  I  would  gladly 
return  to  my  wife  and  children,  but  will  do  as  you  please. 
[4  pages.] 
Oct.  10.  18.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  A  bill  of  com- 
Guemsey.     plaint  was  exhibited  to  Council,  in  the  name  of  the  ministers  of 


44  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1581.  ^«^-  ^^^"- 

Guernsey,  concerning  the  tithes  to  them  belonging,  which  the  people 
of  late  refused  to  pay.  Thereupon  Council  ordered  the  bailiff  and 
jurats  to  assemble  the  people,  and  order  either  the  ancient  duties  to  be 
restored  to  the  ministry,  or  such  a  tally  in  lieu  of  them  as  has  been 
lately  appointed  by  me  and  their  justices.  The  people  have  been 
earnestly  per.suaded  to  satisfy  their  ministers  by  paying  them  the 
tenths  of  all  things,  or  yielding  the  former  rates,  viz.,  id.  for  every 
calf  or  colt,  l^d.  a  lamb,  &c.,  but  they  will  yield  neither;  they 
offer  the  fifth  part  of  a  penny  for  a  calf,  the  worst  being  worth  <js.  8d. 
or  8s.,  which  is  too  little  ;  so  the  ministers  will  seek  redress  from 
the  Lords,  and  beg  your  a.ssistance.  Without  help,  this  dealing  will 
drive  them  from  us. 

P.S. — Our  ministers  object  in  conscience  to  receive  the  former 
duties  for  christenings,  communions,  burials,  &c.,  saying  they  will 
not  sell  the  sacraments  ;  so  the  people  are  relieved  from  these  pay- 
ments, and  there  is  the  more  reason  for  their  paying  the  other  dues. 
[2  pages  J] 

Oct.  17.  19-  Edward  Earl  of  Lincoln,  Robert  Earl  of   Leicester,  Henry 

The  Court,  Lord  Hunsdon,  Sir  Christopher  Hatton,  and  Sir  Francis  Walsing- 
Eichmond.  -^a^m.  to  Sir  John  Spencer,  Christopher  Yelverton,  Geo.  Carleton,  and 
John  Isham.  Complaint  having  been  made  to  us  by  Henry  Luke 
of  Holcott,  CO.  Northampton,  of  wrong  done  him  by  John  Hopkins 
of  Northampton  and  others,  contrary  to  a  former  decree  in  the 
Court  of  Requests,  we  commit  the  ordering  of  the  matter  to  you,  and 
pray  you  upon  examination  of  the  cause,  either  to  satisfy  the 
poor  man,  or  if  you  cannot  so  do,  to  take  bond  of  Hopkins  in  a 
good  sum  to  Her  Majesty's  use,  if  the  fault  be  found  in  him,  for 
his  personal  appearance  before  us  at  a  day  to  be  fixed  by  you, 
whereof  also  the  party  complaining  may  have  notice ;  and  certify  us 
what  you  find  upon  examination.     [1  page.^ 

Oct.  23.  20.  Thomas  Arundel  to  his  father,  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  acknow- 
Paris.  ledge  your  many  favours,  and  hope  my  letters  will  find  the  same 
favour  during  my  absence  as  my  presence  would.  As  to  the  accusa- 
tion against  me,  I  beseech  you  to  defer  your  judgment  until  my 
travel  is  over,  when,  if  I  do  not  return  unspotted,  I  shall  willingly 
yield  to  the  usury  of  the  punishment  due  to  so  long  deferring ;  but 
I  have  no  doubt  the  foreman  of  the  Quest  will  pronounce  me  not 
guilty  before  these  subtile  devisers.  Meantime  pray  recommend  me 
to  some  one  here  who  is  as  wise  and  honest,  that  I  may  follow  him 
as  a  guide.  If  Her  Majesty  inquire  of  you  concerning  me,  pray 
report  that  I  am  her  subject  among  tlie  most  faithful,  and  her 
servant  among  the  most  bounden.  [1  page.] 
1581  ? 

Oct.  24  21.  Richard  Sporr  to  his  sister.     I  am  in  good  health,  but  vexed, 

Mr.  Hartoon^s,  as  I  owe  some  money  whicli  I  cannot  pay,  and  am  the  more  grieved 

Churoh™ari '  "^^^^  ^  ^^^^^  °^  ^^^  ^^^^'"'^1  allowance  I  receive  from  my  father,  and 

that  I  should  overshoot  myself ;  it  is  too  late  to  repent,  but  I  protest, 

if  I  were  once  out  of  this,  I  would  never  fall  into  the  like  ao-ain. 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH,  45 


1581? 


Vol,  XXVII, 


Pray  see  whether  my  friends  will  do  anything  for  me ;  if  they  do  not 
help  me,  I  know  the  worst ;  I  do  not  doubt  of  your  secrecy. 

Nichols  the  tailor  has  been  to  my  chamber,  but  I  was  out ;  write 
me  whether  I  shall  take  up  stuff  to  make  you  a  gown,  and  of  what 
it  shall  be.  I  wish  you  as  good  a  husband  as  you  deserve,  and  you 
deserve  a  good  one,  but  I  will  not  say  as  good  as  the  gentleman  who 
was  a  suitor  to  you,  lest  I  should  offend  him.  Give  my  humble 
duty  to  my  parents  and  grandmother,  and  desire  their  blessing.  I 
will  send  your  wires  with  my  mother's  hats.     [1^  pages.'\ 

1581. 

Oct.  25.         22.  Sir  Henry  Sydney  to  Thomas  Seckford  and  Dr.  Dale,  Masters 

Wilton,       of  Requests.     Thomas  Skidmore,  servant  to  my  Lord  and  son  the 

rembroke.     -^^i^i  gf  Pembroke,  has  had  a  matter  long  depending  before  you, 

of  which  he  is  desirous  to  see  an  end.     In  respect  to  his  master  and 

me,  and  because  the  continuance  thereof  but  increases  charge,  let 

this  matter  be  heard,  and  end  it  with  expedition.     [|  page.] 

Nov.  2.  23.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.     Last  week 

York.  late  at  night,  after  I  had  sent  my  men  before,  I  suddenly  rode  20 
miles  west  from  this  town,  having  heard  from  one  of  my  spies  that 
Windsor  was  in  Arthington  House,  but  when  I  got  there  he  had 
gone.  It  is  such  a  house  to  hide  persons  in  as  I  have  not  seen 
before  ;  I  was  assured  that  there  are  vaults  underground,  but 
where  to  find  them  I  could  not  learn.  Therefore,  after  I  had  ex- 
amined the  widow,  who  was  or  feigned  to  be  sick  in  bed,  and  had 
sent  her  with  the  rest  to  prison,  I  had  a  mind  to  have  plucked  up 
the  boards,  but  a  priest,  who  was  found  after  much  searching,  hid  in 
a  strange  manner,  having  confessed  that  Windsor  had  been  there, 
but  was  gone  into  Nithsdale,  and  named  two  places  in  one  of  which 
I  should  tind  him,  T  stayed  my  purpose  till  I  had  made  trial  of  the 
priest's  word,  and  immediately  sent  my  men  there,  who  did  not  lose 
their  labour,  although  they  did  not  get  the  man  ;  but  there  he  was 
and  there  he  is.  I  mean  to  go  there  to-morrow,  and  trust  he  will 
now  not  escape  my  hands,  and  Darcy  Ingleby  is  there  also.  It  is 
such  a  country  as  I  did  not  expect  to  find  so  near  York,  and  the 
chief  inhabitants,  of  whom  Wm.  Ingleby  is  the  head,  have  now  shown 
themselves  what  they  are  in  deed.  1  pray  my  labour  may  prove 
acceptable  to  Her  Majesty,  and  then  I  shall  think  it  well  bestowed, 
and  care  less  for  other  matters,  which  my  dealings  in  this  cause 
make  me  subject  to,  if  some  here  may  have  what  they  desire. 
[l^  pages.'] 

Nov.  21,         24.  Ambrose  Earl  of  Warwick  to  Thomas  Seckford  and  Valentine 
The  Court,    Dale,  Masters  of  Request,     The  bearer,  my  servant,  Richard  Maty- 
Whitehall,     g^j^^  ][jj^g  ^  g^j|.  depending  before  you  against  John  Craven,  of  Kentish 
Town,  CO.  Middlesex,  concerning  the  interest  of  a  lease  there ;  and 
since  the  suit.  Craven  has  taken  the  profits  of  parcel  of  the  premises 
from  the  bearer  ;  the  matter  is  to  be  decided  in  open  court  on  the 
23rd  inst.    Pray  consider  it,  the  rather  at  my  request,  and  determine 
so  that  right  may  take   place,  and  all  wrong  doing  be   avoided, 
i  page-] 


46  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1581?  Vo.  XXVII. 

Nov.  29.        25.  J.  Good  to .     I  perceive  by  yours  of  10  Nov.  that 

St.  Swithin's  Mr.  Arundel  'would  have  paid  me  lOOZ.,  but  was  hindered ;  being 
^^°^-  doubtful  whether  you  have  received  my  letters  of  5  Nov.  or  not,  I 
renew  the  contents.  The  disappointment  of  the  100?.  forced  me  to 
try  my  friends,  and  to  free  myself  of  danger.  I  borrowed  lOOl.  of 
Mr.  Crewe  until  4  Dec,  and  thereupon  wrote  to  you  and  Arundel, 
so  that  I  might  not  be  unfurnished.  How  I  shall  keep  faith  with 
him,  not  having  heard  from  you,  I  know  not.  To  take  it  up  will 
be  chargeable  to  Arundel,  and  troublesome  to  me.  Pray  send  it 
here,  and  I  will  urge  Mr.  Crewe  to  forbear  until  I  can  hear  from  you 
again.  The  experiment  of  the  Irish  slatt  I  now  make  upon 
myself,  by  reason  of  extreme  pain  and  weakness  caused  by  a  strain. 
I  have  taken  it  six  times,  and  am  better,'  and  hope  it  will  restore 
my  strength.^    I  drink  half  a  dram  in  muscadel,  warmed. 

P.S. — Crewe  cannot  forbear  the  100?.,  and  as  I  must  borrow  it 
to  pay  him,   importune  Arundel  for  it,  and   send  your  letters  to 
Cuthbert's,  as  I  am  going  into  the  country.     [1  pageJ] 
1581. 

[Nov.]  Bundle  of  papers  relating  to  the  expenses  of  the  Court  of  Wards, 

viz. : — 

26 — 29.  Four  petitions  by  Marmaduke  Sarvant,  usher  of  the 
Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries,  for  payment  for  articles  provided  by 
him  for  cleansing,  furniture,  stationery,  &c.  for  the  use  of  the 
Court,  in  Hilary,  Easter,  Trinity,  and  Michaelmas  terms,  1581 ;  with 
orders  thereon  by  Lord  Burghley  to  Sir  Wm.  Dansell,  receiver- 
general  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  to  pay  the  several  amounts,  and 
receipts  by  Marmaduke  for  the  same.     [4  pages,  damaged.^ 

30 — 32.  Three  accounts  of  the  expenses  of  dinners  provided  for 
the  said  Court,  at  Easter,  Trinity,  and  Michaelmas  terms,  amounting 
respectively  to  51.  18s.  8d.,  81.  6s.  6d.,  and  31. 3s.  lOd.  All  signed  by 
Lord  Burghley  ;  the  first  receipted.     [3  pages,  damaged.] 

33.  Lord  Burghley,  Master,  and  Thomas  Seckford,  and  W.  Kingsmill, 
officers  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  to  Sir  Wm.  Dansell,  receiver.  The 
usher  of  the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries  being  appointed  to  buy  10 
yards  of  green  broad  cloth,  at  10s.  per  yard,  to  make  carpets  for  the 
table  and  cupboard  in  the  dining  chamber,  and  for  the  table  in  the 
Council  Chamber  of  the  Court,  by  the  next  term,  the  old  carpets 
being  utterly  decayed  and  worn,  we  require  you  to  deliver  him 
5?.  to  provide  them  carpets.    June  15,  1851.    [^  page.']    Annexing, 

33.  I.  Receipt  by  Marmaduke  Sarvant,  usher  of  the  Court  of 
Wards,  for  the  said  51.     [i  page.]  June  17,  1581. 

Dec.  13.  31  Account  of  sums  of  money,  Qd.,  Is.,  or  Is.  6c?.  each,  distributed 
amongst  21  poor  at  Ashby,  with  the  names  of  the  recipients. 
[1  page.] 

Dec.  19.        35.  Grant  to  Thos.  Neall  of  the  office  of  bailiff  and  keeper  of  the 
Westminster,  court  leet  and  frankpledge,  in  the  manor  of  Aldsworth,  Northlach- 
Fox,  Bisley,  and  Stanley  St.  Leonards,  co.  Gloucester  ;  fee,  SI.  Ids.'id. 
yearly. 

Endorsed  with  note  of  a  similar  grant  for  Henry  Lord  Danvers, 
6  Aug.  1603,    [4  sheets,  Latm.] 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  47 


1581?  Vol.  XXVII. 

36.  Petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Alderney  to  Council,  to  obtain 
for  them  the  Queen's  licence  to  import  certain  provisions  into  the 
island,  and  ordnance  as  specified,  for  its  defence  ;  also,  in  considera- 
tion of  their  poverty,  for  letters  to  the  captain  for  remission  of  a 

•    third  of  a  fine  imposed  on  them  by  their  Honours,     m  pages, 
draft.'] 

37.  Fair  copy  of  the  above,     [f  page.] 

38.  Petition  of  inhabitants  of  the  town  and  parish  of  St.  Peter's 
Port,  Guernsey,  to  Sir  F.  Walsingham,  for  release,  having  been 
committed  by  order  of  Council  to  the  Marshalsea,  where  they 
remain  at  great  charge.     ^  page. 

39.  Petition  of  Philip  de  Carteret,  Seigneur  de  St.  Ouen,  jurat  of 
Jersey,  and  Michael  Lemprifere,  Queen's  procurer  there,  to  Council. 
By  the  ancient  laws  of  Jersey,  all  the  lands  and  revenues,  except  four 
houses,  are  equally  divided  between  the  children  of  the  owners,  and 
no  man  has  power  to  advance  one  of  his  children ;  thus  the  better 
houses  decay,  and  the  meaner  are  broken  up,  so  as  to  leave  incom- 
petent livings,  and  breed  infinite  suits.  Such  is  the  disposition  of 
the  inhabitants,  that  those  who  have  but  half  an  acre  will  build  a 
house  on  it,  and  live  in  extreme  poverty,  as  lord  of  that  little, 
rather  than  seek  any  other  trade. 

Education  is  neglected,  so  that  God  is  not  lionoured ;  there  are 
not  men  to  administer  justice,  and  the  isle  is  unfurnished  of 
weapons.  Request  that  there  may  be  a  commission  to  choose  two 
other  houses,  with  rents,  &c.,  value  100  quarters  of  wheat,  that 
may  descend  to  the  eldest  son  jor  other  heir.  Also  six  other 
houses, with  rents  value  60  quarters;  a  house  in  every  parish  with 
rents  value  20 ;  four  others,  value  10 ;  and  as  many,  value  5,  as  the 
commissioners  think  meet;  8s.  per  quarter  of  wheat  to  be  paid  as 
a  fine  by  the  suitors  therefor. 

The  inhabitants  are  sometimes  obliged  to  provide  armour,  powder, 
&c.  to  resist  foreign  invasion,  and  have  to  levy  a  tax  on  the  country 
therefor.  Request  that  a  twentieth  of  all  receipts  on  the  sale  of  land 
may  be  made  standing  stock  to  purchase  it,  and  also  one  half  of  the 
fines  on  the  statute  of  usury,  which  they  request  may  be  put  in  exe- 
cution in  the  island,  being  very  needful ;  the  other  half  to  goto  Her 
Majesty.  Also  that  a  penalty  may  be  infiicted  on  those  who  appeal 
out  of  the  island,  for  causes  determinable  there.     [2  sheets.] 

40.  List  of  gentlemen  in  the  several  hundreds  of  cos.  Northamp- 
ton, Notts,  Northumberland,  Oxon,  and  Pembroke ;  with  note  that 
the  city  of  Oxford,  being  a  town  corporate,  is  not  meddled  with. 
[Book  of  17  written  and  6  blank  pages,  seemingly  part  of  one  coiv- 
taining  similar  lists  for  all  the  counties  of  England  and  Wales, 
alphabetically  arranged.] 

41 .  Endorsement  of  a  paper  now  missing,  "  The  humble  request 
of  Thomas  Lichfield,  for  a  release  of  such  woods  in  Beaubush  by 


48  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1581? 


Vol.  XXVII. 

Shelley  as  are  not  .passed  in  Sir  Thomas  Sherley's  leases  to  him. 
[Scrap.] 

42.  NoLe  of  goods  pertaining  to  Spaniards,  laden  at  Newhaven  on 
the  Margaret,  which  was  taken  by  the  Ermine,  alias  the  Francis, 
belonging  to  Ilarrv  Knowles ;  total  value,  1,650Z.  Charges  about 
finding  out  the  same,  above  200Z.  Another  ship  in  company  with 
this  w'as  also  taken  by  Miles  Morgan,  the  lading  worth  2,700^.,  part 
of  which  Mr.  Knowles  had,  before  Mr.  Morgan,  with  the  goods  and 
ship,  was  cast  away,  and  for  which  he  ought  to  answer.     [1  page.] 

43.  Note  that  the  request  of  the  merchants  of  Spain  spoiled  by 
Hen.  Knowles'  ship  is,  that  he  be  caused  to  restore  all  such  linen 
cloth  as  is  in  esse,  and  that  reasonable  order  be  taken  for  the  rest.  It 
they  sell  the  goods,  they  will  not  make  nearly  so  much  of  them  as 
the  proprietors  would,  if  they  sent  them  beyond  seas,  as  first  directed. 
[A  2Mge.] 

44.  Note  of  spoils  committed  upon  the  King  of  Spain's  subjects 
by  English  ships.  The  Greyhound,  laden  with  figs,  oils,  &c.,  belong- 
ing to  a  Spaniard,  was  taken  by  Englishmen  underneath  one  of  the 
Queen's  forts  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  and  as  it  was  within  Her 
Majesty's  protection,  there  is  no  colouring  but  to  restore  it.  Henry 
Knowles  took  and  brought  to  the  island  another  ship  laden  \yith 
sugar  and  spices,  and  daily  spoils  the  goods,  notwithstanding 
Council's  orders  for  their  delivery. 

Roberts  of  Bristol  has  taken  two  Portugal  barks  coming  from 
Brazil,  laden  with  sugars,  cotton,  wool,  &c.  The  ambassador  requests 
that  the  goods  may  be  put  in  safe  custody  till  the  matter  be  tried, 
and  such  open  wrongs  to  the  King's  subjects  prevented.     [|  p>'^9^-] 

45.  Statement  of  the  means  advised  to  provide  against  depreda- 
tions and  piracies  daily  committed,  as  well  upon  the  subjects  of  the 
French  King  as  of  Her  Majesty :  viz.,  that  deputies  be  chosen  out 
of  the  Council  of  each  Sovereign,  to  remain  in  Paris  and  London, 
and  to  have  commission  to  hear  and  determine  all  wrongs  brought 
before  them.  Orders  to  be  given  to  all  admirals  and  vice-admirals 
to  see  that  justice  is  duly  and  readily  administered  to  all  who 
demand  it ;  and  if  it  is  refused,  the  plaintiffs  of  either  country  may 
appeal  to  the  said  Council.  The  Council  to  have  power  to  proceed 
against  all  inferior  judges  who  have  been  negligent  in  administering 
justice.  Some  notable  person  to  be  deputed  in  either  realm,  to 
make  searches  for  verifying  and  recovering  losses,  with  power  to 
make  them  throughout  all  ports  and  havens  of  either  realm,  and 
to  have  the  assistance  of  a  deputy,  and  protection.  Commandment 
to  be  given  to  all  governors  of  provinces,  and  to  admirals,  captains, 
&c.  to  see  that  the  sentences  of  such  Council  are  carried  into  effect, 
on  pain  of  making  themselves  responsible  to  the  plaintiffs.  Noted 
as  presented  to  Her  Majesty  on  the  King's  behalf.     [I  page.] 

46.  Declaration  by  Charles  [Arundel].  On  Sunday  last,  being 
Christmas  Day,  the  Earl  of  Oxford  desired  a  secret  conference  with 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  49 


158.1  ? 


Vol.  XXVII. 

me.  We  met  by  means  of  my  cousin  Vavasour,  with  whom  he  had 
secret  talk,  and  then,  after  assurances  of  secrecy,  he  unfolded  his 
treachery  to  me,  offering  me  1,000L  to  practise  against  Lord  Harry 
[Howard]  and  Fras.  Southwell,  and  affirm  that  they  were  recon- 
ciled [to  Eome]  by  Stevens,  a  priest.  I  dissuaded  him,  saying  I 
never  heard  of  such  a  thing.  He  said  Stevens  was  taken  and 
racked,  and  had  confessed,  and  advised  me  to  leave  the  realm. 
I  said  I  was  free  from  offence,  but  he  said  Southwell  had  betrayed 
all ;  he  offered  me  to  remain  at  a  house  of  his  in  Norfolk  or  Suffolk, 
till  I  could  get  over  the  sea,  when  I  should  have  I,000i!.,  or  bills  for 
so  much,  from  the  ambassador  of  Spain,  on  his  account,  and  further 
said  he  would  send  me  money  over,  and  sell  land  of  1001.  a  year, 
rather  than  I  should  want.     I  refused  his  counsel. 

He  then  told  me  that  he  had  confessed  to  the  Queen  that  he  was 
reconciled  [to  Rome],  and  had  got  his  pardon,  and  would  save  me, 
if  I  would  be  ruled  by  him.  He  said  no  man  could  do  him  harm' 
but  myself.  I  judged  that  he  wished  my  flight,  that  he  "  might  be 
freed  of  his  monstrous  dealing,"  and  others  brought  into  suspicion. 
I  asked  time  to  think  of  it.  I  wrote  him  a  letter,  a  copy  of  which  I 
showed  your  Lordships. 

As  to  Stevens,  I  set  dov/-n  in  writing  what  I  have  before  told 
you,  that  a  few  years  since,  the  Earl  being  grieved  in  conscience, 
desired  conference  with  some  learned  man,  and  I  brought  one  to 
him.     [If  pages.]     Also, 

[Charles  Arundel]  to  the  Queen.  I  do  not  write  you  as  pre- 
suming that  I  can  write  what  is  meet  for  you,  but  trusting  in  your 
accustomed  favours,  and  urged  by  necessity,  with  dutiful  mind  I 
present  to  you  with  trembling  this  my  afflicted  state,  and  beseech  a 
remedy.     [^  page.    See  Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  CLI.,  Nos.  42 — 47.] 

47 — 54.  Bundle  of  receipts,  two  by  Brian  Penny  and  five  by 
Eichard  Worme,  for  sums  of  9?.  or  \0l.  received  from  Dr.  Wm. 
Latimer,  Dean  of  Peterborough,  on  account  of  subsidy  arising  out  of 
the  cathedral  between  1572  and  1581.  Also  one  by  Hen.  Stoakes  for 
Ql.  in  part  payment  of  the  same.     [8  documents,  damaged.] 

1582. 

Jan.  3.  55.  Thos.  Copley  to  his  cousin.  Lady  Walsingham,  at  Court.     I 

Paris.  have  received  by  Painter,  the  post,  your  loving  commendations,  and 
trust  more  will  follow  shortly.  I  would  to  God  my  thankful  mind 
were  not  restrained  with  want  of  ability ;  then  it  should  well  appear 
how  far  I  am  from  being  ungrateful.  Sufficiency  the  goodness  of 
God  affords  me ;  but  overplus  I  find  none,  to  bestow  at  my  will. 
When  God  shall  see  me  corrected  to  amendment.  He  will  haply 
render  to  me  the  surplusage,  which  He  has  taken  from  me  because 
He  liked  not  my  bestowing  thereof  in  costly  building,  chargeable  music, 
horses,  and  such  like  vanities  as  my  age  delighted  in,  more  tending 
to  the  pleasing  my  own  phantasm  than  to  His  honour.  I  trust  here- 
after to  better  bestow  that  which  He  affords  me,  at  whose  hands 
soever  He  appoints  me  to  receive  it.  But  most  glad  would  I  be  that 
I  might  see  good  Sir  Francis,  your  worthy  husband,  the  chosen 

D 


50  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

instrument  of  God's  mercy  towards  me,  which  I  hope,  since  he  has 
broken  the  ice  by  moving  Her  Majesty  for  me,  and  found  her  so 
graciously  inclined  to  his  suit. 

That  the  good  resolution  came  not  by  the  next  post  I  impute  not 
to  him,  but  to  Monsieur's  repair  thither  about  that  time,  which 
bred  both  to  Her  Majesty  and  to  all  her  Council  such  matter  of 
weighty  consideration  as  yet  holds  the  world  in  suspense,  till  the 
expected  resolution  be  clearly  seen  ;  therefore  no  marvel  if  oppor- 
tunity has  wanted  to  treat  of  private  affairs.  Yet  it  often  happens 
that  from  the  table  whereon  is  served  a  royal  feast,  some  crumbs 
fall,  or  some  morsel  is  afforded  to  a  waiter,  wherewith  he  stays  his 
stomach  till  he  with  his  fellows  may  go  to  their  repast.  So  may  it 
fall  to  me,  awaiting  on  a  courteous  gentleman,  who,  I  trust,  will  not 
forget  me. 

I  pour  forth  my  conceits  boldly  to  you,  whom  nature  binds  me  to 
love.  There  lived  not  in  their  time  a  more  kind-hearted  couple 
than  my  good  father  and  my  dear  aunt  your  grandmother  ;  I  have 
seen  them  both,  old  as  they  were,  weep  for  joy  when  she  has  some- 
times come  to  Gatton.  So  we,  the  offspring  of  so  kind  parents, 
must  draw  like  sap  from  like  root.  My  affection  towards  you, 
whom  yet  I  was  never  so  happy  to  see,  assures  me  that  you,  being 
of  so  good  a  nature  as  the  world  reports,  cannot  show  yourself 
estranged  from  me,  your  poor  kinsman,  needing  your  favour,  since 
so  many  others  have  tasted  thereof. 

Now  is  your  time,  Madam,  to  play  your  part ;  you  are  upon  the 
stage ;  you  have  many  beholders ;  if  you  play  it  well,  you  may  win 
great  commendation;  if  otherwise,  the  contrary;  but  you  have 
hitherto  done  so  well  that  you  cannot  fail  to  do  well  still. 

Let  not  a  little  difference  in  our  opinions  in  the  choice  of  our 
ways  to  heaven  be  any  let  to  the  fruits  which  the  bond  of  nature 
binds  us  to  yield  to  each  other.  Heaven  is  the  place  where  we  all 
tend ;  we  believe  in  one  Creator,  in  one  Redeemer,  in  one  Holy 
Ghost,  three  persons  and  one  God,  which  is  the  principal  foundation 
of  the  faith  whereby  we  must  be  saved.  What  a  pity  it  is  then  to 
see  such  dissension  about  points  of  less  importance,  among  us  that 
believe  in  one  Christ ! 

St.  Augustin  saith,  "  If  a  man  out  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  draws 
that  sense  which  may  be  profitable  to  the  edifying  of  charity, 
although  he  says  not  the  very  words  which  he  whom  he  readeth, 
as  Matthew,  Mark,  &c.,  may  seem  in  that  place  to  have  meant,  yet 
he  is  not  hurtfuUy  deceived,  or  otherwise  than  as  a  man  which  strays 
somewhat  out  of  his  direct  way,  and  yet  by  coasting  in  a  fair 
plain  champain,  comes  to  the  same  place  whereto  that  other  way 
would  have  brought  him.  Therefore,  as  they  which  sailing  on  the 
sea  have  especial  regard  to  the  Pole  and  the  load  star  called  Cyno- 
sura,  so  they  that  travel  in  reading  the  Scriptures  must  direct  the 
eyes  of  their  mind  to  no  other  thing,  but  only  to  charity,  where- 
unto  if  they  bind  their  understanding,  they  can  never  swerve  from 
the  word  of  God,  seeing  all  His  words  are  but  one,  which  is  Love." 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  51 


1682. 


Vol.  XXVII. 


Let  us  therefore  prefix  to  ourselves  that  load  star  of  love  ;  let  all 
our  actions  be  guided  by  charity ;  let  us  pray  for  and  do  good  to 
each  other,  so  shall  we  reap  the  fruit  of  our  charitable  works,  how 
unworthy  soever  the  parties  on  whom  we  bestow  tliem. 

There  is  none  in  that  realm,  of  any  religion,  more  loyal  or  dutiful  to 
the  Queen  than  I  mean  to  be,  if  I  may  be  reconciled  to  her  favour, 
and  by  restitution  of  my  living,  so  many  years  detained  from  me, 
taste  the  fruit  of  justice  and  protection  from  wrong,  which  the  true 
subject  expects  at  the  hands  of  his  sovereign. 

Make  me  beholden  to  you,  by  so  friending  me  to  your  husband, 
that  the  hopes  he  gave  me  in  October  may  fall  out  in  January. 
There  be  12  hours  in  the  day ;  one  of  so  many  may  haply  be  found 
favourable  for  me,  though  I  have  already  tarried  12  whole  years 
and  more,  in  patient  expecting  that  one  good  hour. 

The  loyal  heart  I  bear  to  my  Prince  and  country,  with  my  inno- 
cence of  any  offence  against  either,  gives  me  great  hope  that  to  the 
effectual  solicitation  of  an  able  and  willing  friend,  Her  Majesty, 
being  mild  and  merciful,  will  give  a  gracious  answer  in  my  suit, 
after  so  many  years'  patience,  to  be  restored  to  my  own  living.  If 
thus  withdrawn  from  depending  on  foreign  succour,  I  mean  to  bestow 
every  penny  in  Her  Majesty's  service. 

P.S. — :!  write  not  to  Sir  Francis  by  this  bearer,  as  I  wrote  him  a 
month  since.     Pray  favour  me  with  an  early  answer.     [1|  pages.1 

Jan.  8.  56.  Charles  Paget  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  expected  another  letter 

Paris.  from  you,  and  trust  your  silence  only  arises  from  weighty  affairs, 
God  made  me  known  to  you  in  this  town,  and  led  me  to  offer  you 
affection  ;  nothing  can  so  comfort  me  as  Her  Majesty's  and  your 
favour.  You  have  already  brought  me  singular  contentment  in  my 
suit,  and  it  will  procure  me  inestimable  joy  when  it  is  effected. 

I  wrote  you  of  divers  uncharitable  reports  talked  here  touching 
you ;  I  cannot  find  the  authors,  but  gather  they  principally  come 
from  Scotland.  I  meant  to  depart  this  town  to  some  other  here- 
abouts, and  live  privately,  but  am  advised  by  my  physician  to  take 
some  physic  this  spring,  and  so  tarry  longer ;  but  to  show  you  that 
I  will  conform  by  all  possible  means  to  your  advice,  I  shall  change 
my  lodgings  to-morrow,  and  live  in  such  an  obscure  place  as  it  shall 
be  very  hard  for  aay  Englishman  to  find  me  out ;  besides  I  have 
given  out  that  I  will  go,  which  they  all  believe.  This  I  do,  though 
against  my  comfort  and  health,  because  I  will  not  accompany  with 
Englishmen,  and  especially  such  as  be  here  misliked  persons,  and 
over  without  licence.  If  this  course  be  not  liked  by  you,  advertise 
me,  and  I  will  wholly  follow  your  direction. 
P.S.— Direct  for  me  to  Mr.  Doile.  [li  pages.] 
Jan.  27.  57.  Wm.  Tresbam  to  the  Earl  of  Sussex.  Fearing  lest  my  sudden 
Paris.  departure  from  Court,  without  your  privity,  and  contrary  to  my 
duty,  has  wrought  me  dislike  in  your  judgment,  to  whom  I  have 
been  so  many  ways  bound,  and  to  your  wife, — especially  when  so 
fortunate  a  chance  betided  me*  at  Newhall,  that  I  might  have  written 
you,— I  beseech  you,  whilst  perusing  these  lines,  to  suffer  your  judge- 
ment to  cease  as  a  Councillor  of  the  State,  and  to  weigh  my  cause  as  a 

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1582.  ,.     .       n  .1  T 

private  man,  otherwise  I  may  be  adjudged  as  evil  a  man  as  1  seem. 
If  I  had  seen  any  means  left  to  preserve  myself  from  the  persecution 
of  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  whose  favour  has  been  lost  without  defect 
of  mine,  and  for  recovery  whereof  I  have  used  such  humility  as  has 
never  been  used  at  Court,  even  to  Princes,— as  appears  by  my  letters 
to  Hev  Majesty,  which  I  beseech  you  may  be  read  in  her  hearing, 
wherein  is  manifested  the  just  occasion  that  has  forced  me  to  tliis 
desperate  act,— I  should  have  used  them.  No  dishonest  act  or  lewd 
practices,  either  against  Prince,  country,  or  your  Honour,  have  moved 
me  hereto,  but  only  the  extreme  fear  of  the  cruelty  of  the  Earl  of 
Leicester,  my  friend  in  Court  having  failed  me. 

I  acknowledge  that  nothing  ought  to  have  forced  me  to  leave  my 
office  and  duty,  and  depart  without  licence,  but  I  hope,  knowing 
the  occasion,  you  will  not  give  heavy  and  sharp  censure,  but  ratlier 
lament  to  see  the  power  of  one  over-mighty,  whose  fury  cannot  be 
withstood  by  an  honest  and  innocent  man,  but  only  by  flight  or 
much  inconvenience. 

Oh  God  !  whose  state  is  equal  to  mine  ?  chased  by  malice  from  the 
presence  of  Prince,  Court,  country,  office,  parent,  and  patrimony, 
only  to  seek  to  preserve  from  implacable  wrath  this  poor  carcase, 
so  many  years  attending  the  person  of  Her  Highness,  and 
your  pleasure,  whom,  by  my  office,  I  was  bound  to  obey.  Pardon 
me,  and  be  a  means  to  Her  Majesty  to  mitigate  her  displeasure, 
which  I  have  justly  procured  by  my  departure.  If  tears  of  sorrow, 
and  perilous  or  faithful  service  in  these  parts  may  move  remission 
for  any  error  committed,  it  shall  be  seen  that  no  earthly  danger 
shall  cause  me  to  stay  from  what  shall  be  commanded.     [1  page.] 

Feb.  ^.  58.  R.  Eussell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  had  many  times  performed 
Paris.  rny  promise  in  certifying  intelligences  had  your  man  come  as 
appointed,  but  having  no  safe  opportunity  to  convey  them,  would 
not,  by  hazarding  rashly,  commit  an  inexcusable  error.  Pray  delay 
your  dislike  until  you  know  the  cause  of  absenting  my  letters. 
As  the  time  for  my  return  is  near,  if  you  would  speak  to  my  Lord 
Ambassador  to  give  me  the  credit  of  Her  Majesty's  packet,  I  will 
discharge  that  trust  speedily  and  secretly.  The  liberality  may  be 
great  to  a  poor  student ;  having  no  other  gage  to  pledge,  I  will 
bind  myself  and  my  service  to  you  during  life.     [^  po^ge-] 

March  4.  .59.  Charles  Paget  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Since  I  retired  into  this 
Paris.  secret  life,  my  Lord  Percy  being  lodged  not  far  from  me,  I  have 
hunted  his  company,  because  he  not  being  in  a  commendable  course, 
either  for  studies  or  manners,  my  poor  advice  prevailed  with  hira  to 
reform.  I  have  been  careful  not  to  touch  on  matters  of  religion, 
knowing  that  he  would  greatly  dislike  persuasion  to  alter  that  religion 
he  has  been  bred  up  in,  and  that  my  Lord  of  Northumberland,  his 
father,  whose  favour  I  am  loath  to  lose,  would  have  been  offended, 
and  especially  that  it  would  kindle  Her  Majesty's  displeasure 
tow-ards  me.  Yet  my  Lord  Ambassador  of  England  has  advertised 
some  of  the  Council  in  the  worst  sense  he  can  of  my  resort  to  his 
Lordship,   thinking  thereby  to  procure  my   Lord  Percy   the  dis- 


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53 


1582. 


March  23. 
Paris. 


March  25. 
Guernsey. 


March  28. 
Paris. 


April  ; 

Lyons. 


April  5. 
Paris. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

pleasure  of  his  friends,  and  me  the  increase  of  Her  Majesty's  dis- 
pleasure, grounding  his  advertisement  in  concluding  that  I  am  a 
Papist,  and  therefore  not  a  good  subject,  though  I  remain  as  faithful 
as  any  Her  Majesty  has,  and  will  spend  my  life  at  her  command,  so 
long  as  she  allows  me  her  protection.  The  Lord  Ambassador  is 
inflamed  against  me,  as  he  hears  of  your  honourable  favour  towards 
me.  Pray  let  there  be  no  hard  interpretation  made  of  Lord  Percy 
by  his  friends,  nor  of  me  by  anybody  else,  and  say  whether  I  had 
better  go  into  Italy,  or  retire  into  some  other  town  in  France,  where 
I  will  live  privately  till  the  fall,  and  esteem  you  my  chief  patron, 
and  will  rest  at  your  command.     [1  page.^ 

60.  Ealph  Eure  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  your  letters  for 
my  further  travel  to  the  Emperor  and  other  Princes'  and  Electors' 
Courts  in  Germany,  which  I  will  follow,  and  am  most  bound  to  you 
for  this  undeserved  favour.  I  also  beg  your  favourable  letters  to 
some  of  the  Prince  Electors,  and  Her  Majesty's  to  the  Empei'Or. 
[1  page.] 

61.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Philip  de  Carteret, 
seigneur  of  St.  Ouen  in  Jersey,  is  repairing  to  England,  to  do 
homage  for  lands  held  within  the  isles.  Helier  de  Carteret,  his 
late  father,  obtained  a  grant  of  the  island  of  Sark,  a  member  of 
Guernsey  castle,  paying  relief  and  premier  seisin  to  the  governor,  and 
for  his  son,  if  a  minor,  to  be  a  ward,  all  which  was  granted  to  me, 
as  governor.  I  request  that  he  may  be  admitted  to  do  homage, 
with  proviso  that  it  be  without  prejudice  to  the  Queen's  castle  of 
Guernsey,  or  the  governor,  or  his  successors.  The  Queen's  procurer, 
who  is  coming  in  May  concerning  our  laws,  will  explain  these 
matters.  I  wish  the  Seigneur  of  St.  Ouen  might  be  stayed  till  then, 
to  decide  -certain  pretensions  of  his  to  jurisdiction  in  Sark,  which 
are  injurious  to  the  Queen's  right  and  the  laws  of  the  Isle.   £1  page.] 

62.  Capt.  de  Combelles  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  You  ask  me  parti- 
culars of  my  loss.  It  was  first  a  chain  of  10  French  ells  long,  two 
great  gold  buckles  (as  may  be  known  from  the  master  of  the  sign 
of  Venice  at  Blackfriars,  whose  servant  furnished  me  with  them) ; 
also  a  double  ruby  ring.  The  other  rings  have  been  returned  me. 
Also  a  purse  of  crimson  satin,  with  money  in  it,  which  I  will  give 
them.  I  cannot  tell  the  weight  of  the  chain,  but  you  have  a 
specimen  of  its  thickness.  The  goldsmith  who  brought  it  me  to 
Canterbury  has  one  like  it.     [1  page,  French.] 


63.  Ralph  Eure  to  Sec.  Walsingham. 
mission  to  thank  you  for  favours,  and 
affection,  &c.     [1  page,  French.] 


I  avail  myself  of  your  per- 
you  of  my  devoted 


assure 


04.  Thos.  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  did  not  answer  your 
lettei-s  sent  by  my  friend  Brown,  because  he  told  me  I  should 
shortly  hear  more  from  you  b}"-  Painter,  the  post,  who,  after  a  fort- 
night's daily  -expectation,  has  just  arrived,  with  only  a  letter  from 


54  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1582. 


Vol.  XXVn. 


Mr.  Tomson,  your  secretary ;  but  that  gave  me  some  satisfaction,  as  it 
seemed  written  by  your  appointment.  Thanks  for  the  continuance  of 
your  favour  towards  me,  whereby  has  been  wrought  that  gracious  in- 
tention of  my  Sovereign  towards  me,  whereof  he  assures  me.  That 
you  may  perceive  my  confident  hope  that  these  comforts  are  given 
me  bond  fide,  I  have  resolved  not  only  to  forbear  taking  a  journey 
likely  to  breed  me  commodity  and  relief,  but  to  turn  me  towards 
my  own  country  as  far  as  Eouen,  whither  I  mean  to  remove  -with 
my  wife  and  her  household,  to  attend  there  the  good  hour  of  Her 
Majesty's  putting  in  effect  her  gracious  intention  towards  me. 

Fearing  from  your  weighty  affairs  that  you  might  forget  my 
small  particulars  I  have  required  the  bearer,  my  countryman  and 
well-wisher,  Thos.  Heron,  to  remind  you. 

You  may  perceive,  by  this  alteration  of  my  course,  that  I  am  not 
anvmal  fercB  naturce,  but  such  one  as  hath  ani/mum  revertendi,  to 
use  the  phrase  of  our  law  Latin.  Indeed  I  find  that  saying  so  true, 
dulcis  odor  patrice,  that  the  air  I  shall  breathe  on  the  hills  near 
Kouen,  looking  towards  England,  will  be  sweeter  than  I  can  draw 
from  any  other  part.  You  are,  I  trust,  persuaded  that  if  aflfection  to 
Prince  and  country  did  not  move  me,  I  would  not  so  long  continue 
thus  constant  and  earnest  in  seeking  to  be  reconciled  to  Her 
Majesty's  favour,  this  time  when  the  world  already  is  come  to  the 
show  of  more  compassion  of  our  case  than  has  appeared  these  years 
past,  wherein  yet  we  have  ridden  out  the  storm  without  reproach. 
God  be  blessed,  who  seemeth  now  to  touch  the  heart  of  our 
Sovereign  and  yours  with  charitable  respect  to  om-  case,  pitiful 
indeed,  if  our  loyalty  and  constant  faith  to  God,  our  Prince,  and 
country  be  weighed  in  equal  balance.  Pray  move  Her  Majesty 
that  her  dealing  towards  me  may  show  that  correspondence  of 
pitiful  affection  which  good  princes  use  to  show  to  their  humble 
andloyal  subjects.  You  know  that  parcere aubjectis,  nobilis  natura 
leonis,  and  Her  Majesty  can  never  show  favour  in  one  case  more 
honourably,  or  availably  in  part  to  stop  men's  mouths,  than  now, 
when  the  Christian  world  abroad  sounds  nothing  with  greater  noise, 
or  with  more  unpleasant  bruit,  in  pulpits,  books,  and  common  talk, 
than  the  late  vigorous  persecutioQ  of  the  peaceable  Catholics  of  our 
nation,  which  most  Christian  princes  and  estates,  allowing  and  con- 
fessing the  same  faith,  seem  much  to  stomach,  or  at  least  to  mislike, 
and  sensibly  to  pity.     [1^  pages.] 

April  5.         65. to  Secretary  Walsingham.     Send  the  bearer  back  again 

soon  ;  if  you  send  any  other  as  Lieger,  he  will  have  no  faith  in  me, 
except  this  man  James  Painter  come  with  him.  It  is  better  that  you 
should  send  some  one  that  might  abide  here  for  a  time.  The  Earl  of 
Westmoreland  and  Dacre  are  Returning  out  of  Flanders  hither,  with 
many  more.  Send  me  your  opinion  of  me,  for  the  book  of  M.  Hues 
is  very  seditious  and  hurtful,  and  this  I  now  send  describes  your 
Queen  as  the  She  of  Babylon.  Send  none  but  Jas.  Painter,  and  so 
that  neither  the  Ambassador  nor  any  one  else  know  anything  of  it, 
for  God's  sake.  [1  page.] 
Endorsed,  "  Secret  advertisements  out  of  France." 


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Vol.  XXVII. 


April  5.  66.  Henry  Lord  Percy  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Sir  Hen.  Cobham, 
Paris.  ambassador  here,  has  informed  you  that  Paget  seeks  to  dissuade  me' 
from  my  religion,  and  to  deal  with  me  in  undutiful  practices.  When 
I  heard  of  it,  I  grieved  much,  not  knowing  what  disgrace  his  report 
might  bring  me  into  with  Her  Majesty  and  my  father,  till  I  re- 
membered that  this  bare  report,  without  reason  or  truth,  would  not 
be  imparted  to  any  by  you  to  my  hurt,  until  you  heard  what  I 
could  say  in  my  defence. 

Paget  did  resort  to  me,  but  I  never  heard ,  other  speeches  than 
became  a  dutiful  subject ;  had  he  dealt  with  me  in  other  terms,  1 
would  not  have  allowed  his  company  ;  but,  nevertheless,  when  I 
heard  such  hard  constructions,  as  I  would  be  loath  to  do  anything 
that  might  shake  me  in  the  favour  of  Her  Majesty,  I  prayed  Paget 
to  forbear  my  company,  which  he  willingly  did,  and  as  soon  as  he 
could  provide  a  lodging  farther  from  me,  he  removed. 

His  desire  to  have  Her  Majesty's  favour,  which  appeared  by  his 
retired  life,  and  also  his  saying  how  you  were  a  means  to  Her 
Majesty  for  her  favour  towards  him,  and  that  he  might  haunt 
such  as  were  over  here  with  licence,  made  me  accept  his'  company. 
I  trust  therefore  you  will  close  up  these  reports,  so  as  I  may  hold 
the  favour  of  Her  Majesty,  and  the  good  conceit  of  my  friends,  and 
that  you  will  warn  the  Ambassador  not  to  be  so  credulous.  [1 J 
pagesl] 

April  5.  67.  Henry  Lord  Percy  to  his  father,  the  Earl  of  Northumberland. 
Paris.  I  am  sorry  for  your  disquiet,  through  an  advertisement  of  the 
Ambassador  of  England  that  Mr.  Paget  is  about  to  alter  me  in 
religion,  and  practices  with  me  in  matters  offensive  to  Her  Majesty. 
Neither  is  true  ;  Mr.  Paget  has  always  carried  himself  dutifully  (his 
private  opinion  in  religion  I  speak  not  of,)  or  I  would  not  entertain 
his  company.  I  am  greatly  beholden  to  him  for  tendering  my  well- 
doing, and  advising  me  to  preserve  myself  in  the  favour  of  Her 
Majesty,  and  in  your  good  conceit. 

I  went,  three  weeks  ago,  to  my  Lord  Ambassador,  and  to  satisfy 
him,  offered  to  conform  to  any  course  that  he  wished,  but  he 
refused  me,  with  very  passionate  speeches,  and  was  more  ready  to 
take  hold  of  false  accusations  against  me,  than  of  my  true  allegations 
in  my  defence.  He  will  think  it  much  to  his  discredit  to  be  known 
to  have  advertised  untruths  against  me,  and  therefore  he  may  fortify 
the  course  he  has  begun.  But  as  he  shall  never  herein  have  any 
sure  ground  to  work  upon,  so  I  beseech  you,  with  the  help  of  j'our 
friends  in  Court,  to  meet  his  practices  for  hurting  me.  Whereof  I 
nothing  doubt,  so  long  as  I  keep  myself  dutiful  and  loyal  towards 
Her  Majesty,  and  obedient  to  you.     [I  page.] 

April  6.  68.  Charles  Paget  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  Earl  of  Northum- 
Paris.  berland  being  advertised  by  the  Lord  Ambassador  concerning  his 
son.  Lord  Percy,  and  me,  and  being  desirous  to  know  the  triie 
grounds  thereof,  has  sent  his  man  hither,  who,  having  examined 
Lord  Percy  and  me  before  witnesses,  will  I  trust  bring  such  a 
report  as  shall  breed  contentment  to  the  Earl,  and  our  purgation. 


56  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,.„-  Vol.  XXVII. 

I  offered  to  attend  the  Ambassador  to  satisfy  him,  but  could  not 
obtain  that  favour,  as  it  was  a  thing  not  agreeable  with  his  place  ; 
he  has  no  other  foundation  to  work  upon,  for  proving  me  a  prac- 
tioner  against  the  State,  but  the  speeches  you  used  to  him  when 
liere,  wishing  him  not  to  accept  of  my  resort  to  him,  and  which 
I  suppose  passed  from  you  by  way  of  advice,  not  meaning  it  should 
be  published^;  but  he  has  declared  to  divers  that  you  willed  he 
should  not  allow  of  my  presence,  as  it  was  well  known  how  I  am 
affected  to  the  Queen  of  Scots. 

I  assure  myself  it  had  been  very  proper  for  his  place  to  execute 
justice,  search  out  truth,  and  have  more  charity ;  but  since  he  is 
carried  away  with  his  own  humour,  I  hope  his  course  shall  not  prove 
disloyalty  in  me,  but  too  much  credulity  in  him.  I  see  in  this  case 
I  should  be  forced  to  yield  to  the  malice  of  time  and  fortune,  were 
you  not  an  upright  judge  ;  I  have  no  comfort  but  your  wisdom 
and  humanity,  by  means  whereof  I  doubt  not,  in  time,  to  conduce 
my  suit  to  Her  Majesty,  for  her  gracious  favour,  and  overthrow  all 
impediments.  I  will  cleave  to  your  advices  in  all  my  actions, 
matters  of  conscience  in  religion  excepted ;  therefore  I  not  only 
beseech  that  the  Ambassador's  information  against  me  may  not 
remain  in  suspense  with  you  or  any  other,  to  my  hurt,  but  also  that 
you  will  direct  me  your  advice  for  wiping  away  anything  that  may 
stop  Her  Majesty's  favour  from  me,  and  devise  some  course  for 
preserving  my  credit,  which  he  seeks  to  crack  with  those  of  our 
nation  on  this  side,  that  I  may  have  their  company  without  their 
fear  of  me ;  otherwise  I  shall  be  in  those  hard  terms  that  no 
Englishman  in  these  parts  has  ever  been  before,  in  being  banished 
from  all  his  own  countrymen.     [1  page.] 

April  21.  69,  John  de  Critz  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  hope  you  have 
Paris.  received  my  last  letter  and  the  pictures  by  James  Painter,  and  crave 
your  pleasure  in  any  further  service.  If  I  had  known  your  pleasure 
concerning  my  voyage  into  Italy,  I  might  now  go  safely  either  with 
the  Ambassador  of  Venice  or  Ferrara,  but  I  stay  to  know  your 
pleasure  herein.  Pray  signify  it  with  speed,  as  the  ambassadors  are 
about  to  depart. 

If  you  mislike  of  my  going  into  Italj',  I  might  go  to  Fontainbleau, 
from  whence  I  might  send  you  some  rare  piece  of  work,     [f  page.] 

April  21.  70.  Charles  Merbury  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  delivered  your 
I'aris.  letters  to  the  Lord  Ambassador.  I  used  the  liberty  you  vouchsafed, 
in  taking  my  way  by  Rouen,  for  business  of  my  own.  I  have  also 
declared  to  the  Ambassador  the  suit  of  the  town  of  Chester,  as  well 
as  that  of  my  own ;  he  has  undertaken,  on  your  recommendation,  to 
do  his  endeavours,  although  he  seems  to  have  small  hope  of  success. 
I  will  not  fail  to  put  him  in  mind  of  both.     [|  page.] 

[April  27.]      Latin  verses  on  the  motto,  Quce  supra  te,  or,  Altiora  te,  ne 
5  kal  May.  quoisieris,  &c.,  by  students  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge  Univer- 
sity, viz. : — 

71.  James  Wolfenden.  Inc.  Abdita  scrutari  noli ;  miseria  rerum. 
[12  Hexameters  and  pentameters^ 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  57 


1582.  yo..  XXVII. 

72.  ThoG.  Plaifere.     Inc.  Pulcra   scientificse    specuJari    dogmata 
mentis.     [12  hexameters  and  pentaineters.] 

73.  Hen.  Briggs.     Inc.  Ut  possis  tutse  spatium  procurrere  vitfe. 
[8  hexaTneters  and  pentameters.] 

April.  74.  Antonio  de   Castillo  to  Sec.  Walsingham-     I  shall  leave  to- 

morrow, if  the  ship  sails,  and  would  bid  you  good  bye.  Let  me  know 
whether  what  you  said  to  me  in  your  garden,  about  the  Queen's 
suspicion  of  the  Catholic  King  in  the  matter  of  Ireland,  and  her  dis- 
satisfaction, I  may  refer  to  His  Majesty,  either  to  do  some  good 
office  with  him,  or  caution  him  to  hold  the  peace  dear ;  and  then,  by 
his  leave,  tell  you  his  demonstrations.  God  grant  that  I  may  be  an 
instrument  in  a  fine  enterprize,  edifying  to  this  kingdom  and  all 
Christendom.     [1  page,  Italian.'] 

May  1.  75.  Grant  to  Rich.  Skipwith  of  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  Trea- 

Westniinster.    sury  of  the  court  of  Common  Pleas,  Westminster,  and  keeper  of  the 

records  there,  in  place  of  George  Farewell,  with  all  the  fees  thereto 

pertaining,  for  life.     [2|  sheets,  copy  Latin,    indorsed  with  a  note 

of  reversion  thereof  to  Sir  Thos.  Somerset,  24  Jan.  1604.] 

May  2.  76.  Thos.  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.      I  see,  by  letters  from 

Paris.  "Mr.  Heron,  that  he  has  found  such  inclination  in  you  to  favour  me 
as  gives  him  encouragement  to  prosecute  my  suit.  I  cannot  express 
my  joy  received  by  his  and  Mr.  Tomson's  letters,  not  so  much  for 
the  increase  of  my  means  to  live,  by  restitution  of  my  own, 
which  I  have  lived  so  many  years  without,  but  that  I  shaU  return 
again  to  the  service  of  my  Sovereign,  whose  person  I  dearly  love,  and 
will  adventure  my  life  in  her  service,  she  dealing  with  me  according 
to  the  hope  I  am  put  into.  I  never  imputed  to  her  the  hard  dealing 
used  against  me,  but  chiefly  to  one  whom  God  would  not  suffer  to 
live  to  enjoy  such  benefit  of  my  livelihood  as  he  hoped  for.  God 
forgive  us  all. 

The  wise  man  saith,  Fili,  accedens  ad  servitutevi  Dei,  prcepara 
animam  tuam  ad  tentationem  ;  so  now  the  adversary,  seeing  my  re- 
solution to  return  to  the  service  of  my  Sovereign,  is  likely  enough  to 
stir  up  some  of  his  instruments  to  hinder  both  me  and  Her  Majesty's 
service.  But  to  all  such  I  will  oppose,  first  the  help  of  God,  who  sees 
my  sincere  intention  both  towards  Him  and  my  Queen,  and  next 
the  princely  heart  of  Her  Majesty,  inclined  to  clemency,  and  your 
wisdom,  which  I  trust  will  consider  of  the  quality  of  such  a  Friar 
Rushe.  I  may  say  with  the  apostle.  Nihil  mihi  conscius  sum,  sed 
in  hoc  non  justijicor.  Such  is  the  malice  of  the  world  that  I  may 
even  yet  be  thrust  out  of  all  grace  with  Her  Majesty,  and  she  be 
defrauded  of  a  loyal  servant,  if  more  credit  should  be  given  to 
uncharitable  surmises  than  to  my  protestations,  with  all  loyalty 
to  yield  quae  sunt  Cesaris  Gwsari,  Her  Majesty  licensing  me  to 
remain  where  I  may  also  with  security,  Reddere  quce  sunt  Dei  Deo, 
according  to  my  conscience.     [If  pages.] 

May  2.  77.  Advertisements    from  Paris  to   Sec.   Walsingham.      At  the 

departure  of  the  post,  he  [person  not  named]  expected  letters  from 
Rome  and  Milan,  with  full  advertisement  of  all  occurrents.     Mean- 


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time  he  had  nothing  to  write  but  that  Parsons,  the  Jesuit,  had 
lately  commended  an  Englishman  to  the  Pope,  who  gave  him  eight 
crowns  a  month,  and  within  a  few  days  after,  upon  suspicion, 
committed  him  to  Count  Savello,  and  another  of  the  nation  for 
,  keeping  him  company. 

Banes  has  had  the  strapedo,  and  is  often  tormented.  GryUon,  a 
Jesuit,  was  lately  sent  into  Scotland,  and  escaped  very  hardly. 
Mr.  Dutton  is  better  used,  and  has  more  liberty  than  he  was  wont 
by  D.  Lewys'  means.  Cardinal  Mandruccio  is  gone  to  the  Diet  at 
Augusta.     The  Duke  of  Florence's  son  and  heir  is  dead. 

The  number  of  our  nation  now  in  the  Inquisition  is  great.  The 
Italians  are  grown  into  great  mislike  with  us  generally.  When  the 
party  is  settled,  better  furnished,  and  acquainted  with  this  post,  and 
another  of  my  commendation,  he  promises  good  service.     [1  page.^ 

May  3.  78.  Statement  that  on  April  12,  1582,  Julian  Basin,  of  Dinart  in 

Bretagne,  appeared  before  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  captain  of  Guernsey, 
Nicholas  Carey,  lieutenant,  and  Thos.  Wigmore,  bailiff,  and  eight 
jurats,  stating  that  he  had  bought  a  ship,  called  the  Swan,  with  its 
goods,  from  Corneille  Jacob ;  that  the  justice  had  sequestered  the 
goods,  because  Jacob  had  not  authority  to  sell  them,  giving  the 
owners  power  to  reclaim  them  within  three  months,  which  if  not  done, 
they  should  belong  to  Basin,  on  his  paying  the  money  agreed  on,  and 
the  expenses  of  the  master  in  the  island,  and  his  returning  to  his 
country.  No  one  having  come  to  reclaim  the  ship,  he  begs  leave  to 
possess  it  on  these  terms  ;  and  the  governor  declares  that  he  shall  do 
so,  with  a  reduction  on  the  prize  of  543  crowns  of  243,  for  his  ex- 
penses in  seeking  justice  ;  300  crowns  to  be  paid  at  once,  and  the  rest 
in  15  days. 

Also  that  on  3  May  1582,  Basin  appeared  before  John  de  Vic, 
notary  of  the  Court  Royal  of  Guernsey,  and  declared  that  he  had 
delivered,  for  325  crowns,  15  millions  of  BrazU  to  John  Carlet  and 
John  Durant,  who  were  to  carry  the  same  at  their  cost  to  Rouen, 
sell  them  there,  and  deliver  to  Basin  any  surplus  they  might  receive 
over  325  crowns,  and  he  to  pay  them  the  difference  if  they  sold  it 
for  less.     [2  pages,  French.] 

May  4.  79.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Charles  Paget.  I  send  by  the  bearer  the 
The  Court,  token  you  sent  me  ;  if  you  think  me  mercenary,  you  mistake  me. 
I  have  of  late  got  some  knowledge  of  your  cunning  dealing,  and 
that  you  meant  to  have  used  me  for  a  stalking  horse.  A  plain 
course  is  the  best,  and  I  see  it  is  very  hard  for  men  of  contrary 
dispositions  to  be  united  in  goodwill.  You  love  the  Pope,  and  I  do 
not  hate  his  person,  but  his  calling;  until  this  impediment  be 
removed,  we  two  shall  neither  agree  in  religion  toward  God,  nor  in 
true  devotion  towards  our  Sovereign.     [|  page,  copy.] 

May  13.  80.  Note,  addressed  to  "  Your  Honour,"  of  matters  that  passed 
between  "William  Norris,  deceased,  Sir  John  Danvers,  and  James 
Cressy,  concerning  the  sale  and  purchase  of  Eaton  manor,  co.  Berks, 
towards  payment  of  the  debts  of  Thomas  Weynman,  deceased. 

It  was  agreed  that  the  manor  should  be  conveyed  to  Sir  John 
Danvers  and  his  heirs  for  7,7001.^  which  sum  was  to  be  applied 


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Vol.  XXVII. 


towards  payment  of  Weynman's  debts.  Such  statutes  and  re- 
cognizances as  were  acknowledged  by  Weynman  in  his  lifetime, 
for  which  William  Norris  stands  bound  to  Sir  John  Danvers  in 
12,000^.,  to  be  first  paid  thereout,  so  that  the  manor  might  be  free. 
Such  as  were  acknowledged  to  Mr.  Huddlestone  or  his  wife,  ^o  Har- 
man,  a  prebend  of  Windsor,  and  to  Mr.  Borne,  were  to  have  priority ; 
Lord  Norris  and  his  wife,  Mr.  Huddlestone  and  his  wife,  and 
James  Cressy  and  his  wife  were  to  levy  fines  to  Sir  John  Danvers, 
for  discharging  any  titles  they  might  claim  therein. 

All  this  Cressy  at  first  agreed  that  he  and  his  wife  would  perform, 
and  was  the  person  that  procured  Sir  John  Danvers  to  enter  into 
such  purchase,  and  always  seemed  willing  thereto,  as  his  wife's 
jointure  was  to  be  discharged  by  payment  of  Weynman's  debts;  but 
since  he  procured  5001.  from  Sir  John,  which  he  promised  should 
be  paid  to  Harman  to  discharge  the  statute  to  him,  he  not  only 
detains  this,  but  wants  Harman  to  extend  his  statute  on  the  manor 
of  Eaton  for  payment  of  the  whole  900Z.  due  thereon,  retaining  the 
money  that  should  discharge  it,  as  also  other  sums  paid  by  Sir  John 
towards  discharging  those  statutes  in  the  hands  of  Huddlestone. 

By  your  order,  he  has  the  lease  of  the  manors  of  Chastilions  and 
Beckinsfield  assigned  to  him,  which  are  things  of  great  value,  and 
should  have  discharged  Weynman's  debts  to  Her  Majesty  in  respect  of 
Mr.  Borne's  statute,  and  to  others ;  he  also  agreed  to  account  to  the 
Earl  of  Leicester  and  you  for  all  sums  he  should  receive  thereby, 
but  he  has  not  done  so.  He  also  promised  that  he  and  his  wife 
would  levy  the  said  fine,  but  has  hitherto  refrained  from  so  doing, 
upon  various  pretexts,  such  as  his  wife  being  with  child,  and  so 
forth ;  and  latterly  he  has  absolutely  refused  to  do  so. 

In  consideration  that  the  said  debts  should  be  paid.  Sir  John 
Danvers  paid  the  greater  part  of  the  purchase  money,  and  tendered 
the  residue,  amounting  to  2,000Z.,  at  the  time  Kmited  in  the  convey- 
ance made  by  Weynman,  but  it  was  not  received,  as  there  was  no 
executor  or  administrator  after  the  death  of  William  Norris,  and 
so  it  remained  in  Sir  John  Danvers'  hands.  He  paid  it  on  a  bond 
of  Lord  Norris,  Mr.  Huddlestone,  and  you  for  repayment,  yet 
delivered  the  bond  to  be  cancelled,  on  Cressy 's  promise  to  levy  the 
fine,  which  he  now  refuses  to  do.  Sir  John  therefore  requests  that, 
as  all  the  above  matters  were  specially  ordered  by  you,  you  will 
order  the  said  statutes  to  be  discharged,  and  so  the  said  manor, 
which  he  has  dearly  paid  for,  disencumbered,  and  the  fine  levied  by 
Cresay  and  his  wife,  according  to  conscience  and  good  dealing. 
[1  sheet.    See  Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  CXLIIL,  No.  44.] 

May  13.         81.  John  Tupper  to  Sec.  Walsingham.    Two  days  since,  a  fly-boat 

Dieppe.       departed  for  Scotland,  having  36  tons  of  powder,  which  was  laden 

secretly;  also  a  Scotchman,  but  I  could  not  learn  his  name.     Those 

of  the  religion  are  marvellously  amazed  to  what  intent  it  should  be 

sent  that  way.     [i  page.] 

May  1 5.         82.  M.  de  Corabelles  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  wrote  you  by  the 
Paris.        Ambassador,  my  brother.     I  now  send  particulars  of  the  length  and 


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weight  of  my  chain,  and  of  the  rubies  in  it.  I  would  rather  die 
than  demand  anything  unjust.  Pray  continue  me  your  good  offices. 
Send  by  the  bearer,  who  will  return  soon/being  only  gone  to  receive 
the  commands  of  the  Earl  of  Sussex.     [1  page.] 

May  2.3.        83.  Charles  Doyly  to   Sec.   "Walsingham.      According  to  your 

Paris.        directions  by  Tupper,  I  rendered  the  jewels,  together  with  your 

letter.     The  party   craves  pardon  for  not  writing,  as  he  cannot 

resolve  how  to  answer,  but  he  will  amply  satisfy  you  by  the  next 

post. 

It  is  reported  here  that  the  enemy  goes  about  to  besiege  Geneva, 
and  the  strangers  who  were  letely  there  are  all  gone  out  of  the 
town,  so  that  I  have  altered  my;joumey  thither,  and  intend,  by 
your  favour,  going  to  Eouen,  and  remaining  there  until  my  return 
to  England,  which  will  be  towards  Christmas,  except  you  command 
me  to  tarry  on  other  service.  T  wrote  1 5  days  since  to  Mr.  Cham- 
pernon  at  Toulouse,  advertising  him  of  the  money  you  sent  him. 
[I  pag^e.] 

May  30.  84.  Chas.  Paget  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  back  again  the 
Paris.  token  I  sent  you,  which  I  offered  with  as  good  a  mind  as  ever  I  did 
anything  to  any  friend  I  have,  of  which  number  I  esteemed  you  to 
be,  and  assure  you  that  the  difference  in  religion  should  not  have 
been  any  impediment  on  my  part  to  the  execution  of  all  dutiful 
offices  towards  you,  whose  friendship  I  verily  believed  of  more  force 
than  that  you  would  have  been  carried,  upon  the  report  of  my 
adversary,  to  condem  me,  and  withdraw  your  favour  before  you  had 
beard  what  I  bad  to  say  in  my  defence.  You  charge  me  with 
cunning  dealing,  and  that  I  meant  to  make  you  a  stalking  horse. 
Let  indifferency  take  place,  and  it  shall  appear  to  you  and 
everybody  that  I  have  ever  acted  the  part  of  a  gentleman  and  a 
Christian,  and  I  never  meant  to  use  you  as  a  stalking  horse,  or  to 
deal  cunningly  with  you,  but  to  love  and  honour  you,  and  trusted 
that  God  had  appointed  me  an  honourable  friend  and  patron  in 
you,  as  you  promised  at  our  last  being  together  in  this  town, 
when  you  were  not  ignorant  of  my  religion,  against  which  you  now 
except. 

My  gi-ief  at  this  your  undeserved  alteration  towards  me  is  very 
great,  and  the  more  as  such  of  my  friends  as  I  best  account  of, 
yielding  me  their  favours  no  longer  than  I  guided  myself  to  your 
liking,  when  they  shall  understand  hereof,  will  be  alienated  from 
me.  I  hoped  at  least  you  would  have  had  commiseration  of  my 
present  necessity,  and  given  your  opinion  on  my  journey  into  Italy, 
which  I  mean  to  perform  this  next  fall.  I  will  not  easily  believe, 
without  further  matter,  but  that  you  will  favour  me  in  all  my  just 
causes.    [1  page.] 

May  30.         85.  Sir  Thos.  Copley  to   Sec.  Walsingham.     I   wrote   you  last 

Uouen.        month,  yet  as  important  affairs  breed  delays  to  suitors  in  Court,  and 

as  Painter,  the  post,  has  come  without  letter  or  message,  give  me 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  6l 


1582.  ^^"  ^^^^^- 

leave  to  refresh  your  memory  in  my  case,  which  is  more  hard  than 
it  need  to  be,  if  my  singular  confidence  in  your  friendship,  which  I 
hear  never  fails  where  it  is  promised,  did  not  make  me  foreslow  all 
other  means  of  helping  myself  Would  I  had  ability  to  expect  so 
long  as  I  could  be  content  to  do,  rather  than  seetn  importunate ;  but  the 
many  mouths  daily  feeding  on  my  poor  purse,  and  my  absence  from 
the  place  wherein  relief  groweth,  suffers  me  not  to  do  as  I  would  ; 
well  you  know  Durum  telum  necessitas,  morasque  extrema  recusant. 
Deliver  me  from  extremities,  for  God's  sake,  who  sees  with  what 
loyalty  I  mean  to  serve  my  Sovereign,  if  received  into  her  favour, 
which  I  never  deserved  to  lose.  But  I  therefore  flee  to  mercy, 
urge  not  justice,  and  pray  your  aid,  as  you  know  what  the  wise  man 
said,  Vir  misericors  benefacit  animce  suae.     [1  page.'] 

June  14.  86.  William  Holt  to  Clavitius  Maltherve,  a  Jesuit  at  Paris.  I 
understand  that  you  have  had  a  special  care  for  those  sent  to  travel 
in  this  isle,  according  to  the  charge  given  to  you,  as  well  for  the 
affection  borne  towards  us,  as  for  the  order  taken  therein  by  the  chief 
of  our  society.  T  would  stir  you  up  the  more  to  help  me,  considering 
my  necessity ;  having  remained  a  year  in  the  English  college  at  Kome 
with  Father  Gaspar  Heywood,  I  was  sent  from  thence  to  England, 
and  afterwards  arrived  here  in  Scotland.  I  need  not  write  you 
touching  the  estate  of  this  Church,  you  are  so  often  advised  thereof; 
pray  consider  my  poor  estate,  and  if  any  occasion  offer  remember 
me  for  some  supply.  Your  letters  would  greatly  comfort  me,  and  if 
you  hear  anything  of  Sursary,  remember  me,  seeing  he  knows  not 
what  has  become  of  me. 

Archdeacon  Movet  has  safe  means  to  send  to  me,  but  nothing  can 
well  be  written  without  cypher ;  if  you  will  furnish  me,  I  will 
write  largely  and  plainly.  The  bearer  hereof  returns  with  the  Duke 
of  Guise's  servants,  who  having  brought  presents  to  the  King,  go 
not  empty  away.  The  chief  is  St.  Paolo,  an  Italian,  who  has  so 
carried  himself  that  he  has  purchased  great  love  and  credit  to  his 
master  from  hence,  but  not  without  envy  of  those  of  this  nation, 
especially  the  ministers,  who  railed  vehemently  against  him,  his 
master,  and  others  of  the  chief  nobility  here  ;  thereupon  the  King 
forbid  one  of  them  to  preach,  and  expelled  him  out  of  Edinburgh. 
There  is  great  danger  of  some  tumult.  Salute  Mr.  Claude  Ag.  ;  if 
he  is  removed,  let  me  know  who  is  in  his  place.     [If  fagesi] 

June  17,  87.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  We  were  enjoined 
Guernsey,  by  Council  to  make  an  abstract  of  our  laws  and  customs,  and  of  the 
Queen's  revenues  within  the  Channel  islands  ;  this  we  have  finished 
as  well  as  the  shortness  of  the  time  and  our  skill  will  serve,  and  have 
sent  them  over  by  a  jurat,  and  also  by  Louis  de  Vic,  procurer  of  this 
island.  Pray  credit  him  in  other  matters  ;  he  well  understands  the 
state  of  the  country,  and  has  been  three  voyages  to  Court,  to  defend 
Her  Majesty's  right,  but  has  not  had  his  charges  allowed,  as  the 
jurats  and  popular  procurers  had,  by  a  letter  from  Council  to  the 
country  here.     Pray  consider  him. 


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As  to  the  revenues,  there  were  some  of  Her  Majesty's  lands  here 
that  lay  vacant,  and  others  where  the  house  was  decayed  and  likely 
to  be  given  up ;  yet  I  have  let  all  to  the  inhabitants,  who  will 
increase  the  rents,  on  condition  of  her  ratifying  the  grants  to  them 
and  their  heirs ;  but  without  this,  none  will  build  or  plant  them. 
No  governor  here  can  make  a  further  estate  than  for  life. 

Phy.  Carteret  has  sent  to  Council  a  supplication  fuU  of  false 
allegations,  to  cause  them  to  dismember  Sark  from  the  authority  of 
Guernsey,  under  which  it  has  always  been. 

Our  free  ministers  are  much  offended  with  the  placing  of  the 
Bishop's  court  in  the  island,  though  the  Bishop's  official  does  not 
interfere  with  them,  but  only  judges  civil  causes.  I  btfar  the  blame, 
though  you  did  it  without  my  knowledge,  at  instance  of  the  late 
popular  procurei".  I  am  condemned  as  a  backslider,  Jbecause  I  will  not 
oppose  your  orders.  I  am  indifferent  whether  the  ministers  are 
equal,  or  a  Bishop  superintends ;  it  is  a  thing  which  touches  not 
salvation.     [2^  pages.l 

June  ?  88.  Petition  of  Louis  de  Vic,  procurer  of  the  Queen  in  Guernsey, 

to  Council,  to  direct  their  letters  to  the  bailiff  and  jurats,  to 
administer  justice  to  him  in  his  suits  for  any  custom,  service,  or 
rents  due  to  the  Queen,  according  to  the  Book  of  Extents.  Also 
that  neither  Thos.  Blondel,  Hilary  Bonamy,  nor  any  of  St.  Peter's 
Port  who  have  unjustly  complained  against  governor,  bailiff, 
and  jurats,  be  allowed  to  supply  the  place  of  a  jurat.  Also  that 
petitioner  be  allowed  his  expenses  in  attending  Council  in  England, 
and  travelling  to  and  fro  for  14  months,  to  be  raised  upon  those  of 
St.  Peter's  Port  who  have  unjustly  complained  against  the  governor, 
[i  page.] 

June  ?  89.  Petition  of  Louis  de  Vic,  the  Queen's  attorney  in  Guernsey, 

to  Council,  for  the  re-establishment  of  the  survey,  formerly  taken 
every  three  years,  of  the  manner  of  administration  of  justice  in  the 
island,  for  prevention  of  abuses  by  the  jurats,  who  are  led  by  no 
prescribed  law.     Annexing, 

89.  I.  Regulations  suggested  to  be  observed: — That  the  bailiff 
and  jurats  may- not  imprison  persons  for  appealing  to 
Queen  and  Council.  That  justices  be  appointed  to  hear 
appeals,  on  the  appellant  putting  in  surety  to  follow 
his  appeal.  That  plaintiffs  for  tresspass  always  put  in 
sureties  to  follow  the  cause.  That  none  be  imprisoned 
m  the  castle,  except  for  criminal  causes,  provided  he  put 
,  in  such  surety.  That  none  imprisoned  be  released,  unless 
the  Queen's  attorney  or  comptroller  be  present.  That  no 
inqui/ry  for  trespass  be  gra/nted  unless  they  are  present, 
in  order  that  the  Queen  be  not  defrauded  of  her  right 
That  all  fines  appear  in  the  records  of  the  Court.  That 
no  bargain  or  sale  in  fee-simple  be  of  force  unless  under 
seal  of  the  bailiff,  or  signed  by  two  or  three  jurats.  Tfutt 
the  parties  shall  have  relation  of  proceedmgs,  if  it  is 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH, 


63 


1582. 


June  18. 
The  Court. 


June  22. 
The  Court. 


June? 


Vol.  XXVII. 

reqvA/red.  That  the  bailiff  a/nd  jurats  keep  inviolably 
the  laws  and  customs  of  Normamdy,  except  im,  points 
specified  in  the  Extent  and  Boole  of  Precepts.     [1  page.] 

90.  Similar  request  of  Louis  de  Vic.     Prefixing, 

90.  I.  Interrogatories    on  which  the   jurats  of   the  island   of 

Guernsey  should  be  examined,  as  to  their  im/prisoni/ng 
Her  Majesty's  officers  or  others  without  consent  of  the 
officers ;  their  granting  Court  fines  belonging  to  tlie  Queen 
to  the  poor ;  their  forbearing  execution  of  sentence  against 
certcuin  prisoners,  &c.    [1  page."] 

91.  Robert  Earl  of  Leicester  to  Mr.  Sackford  and  Drs.  Dale  and 
Lewis,  Masters  of  Requests.  Pray  give  lawful  favour  in  a  cause  to 
be  heard  before  you  this  day,  in  which  the  bearer,  Henry  Fenton, 
servant  to  my  brother  of  Warwick,  is  a  party  ;  otherwise  his 
adversary  will  deal  very  straightly  with  him.  If  you  will  grant  an 
injunction  for  the  stay  of  the  common  law,  until  the  matter  has 
received  full  trial  before  you,  it  will  be  an  occasion  to  have  the 
matter  ended  this  vacation,  by  the  friends  on  both  parts.     [J  page^ 

92.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Lord  Burghley.  Mr.  Rich.  Lee,  before 
his  departure  over  sea,  being  here  before  Council,  about  the  cause  in 
the  Court  of  Wards  between  him  and  young  Mr.  Coker,  promised 
that,  notwithstanding  his  absence,  the  said  cause  should  proceed 
and  receive  an  end  by  his  attornies  and  Council.  As  the  Lord 
Chancellor  was  then  also  present,  you  can  learn  the  same  from  him. 
[i  page.] 

93.  Articles  against  John  Hamerton,  of  Hellifield  Pele,  co.  York, 
for  certain  traitorous  words  against  Her  Majesty,  viz.,  that  they 
were  all  heretics  that  are  of  the  religion  now  preached ;  that  they 
were  so  proved  by  most  learned  clerks,  viz.,  Feckenham,  Bonner, 
Story,  Cole,  and  such  others  as  condemned  them  to  be  burnt,  and  that 
they  all  died  desperate  knaves ;  that  he  was  Bonner's  man,  and 
helped  to  set  fire  to  the  faggots  in  Smithfield,  and  rejoices  to  think 
how  they  fried  in  the  flame,  and  what  service  he  had  done  God  in 
furthering  their  death ;  that  some  day  he  might  come  to  the 
burning  of  all  the  rest  of  this  religion,  and  his  friends  would  be 
glad  to  kneel  down  to  him  to  save  their  lives  ;  that  Felton,  Story, 
and  those  hanged  for  treason  were  wrongfully  put  to  death ;  that 
the  Queen  could  make  no  law  to  put  men  to  death  for  their  reli- 
gion ;  that  those  died  like  apostles  and  martyrs,  and  that  the  Pope 
is  head  of  the  Church,  next  under  God. 

He  is  also  suspected  of  traitorous  speeches  in  Wm.  Ardington's 
house,  in  Craven,  as  that  Campion,  and  those  that  suffered  with 
him,  were  wrongfully  condemned ;  this  can  be  proved  by  exami- 
nation of  the  vicar  of  Gargrave,  and  Hen.  Ardington,  a  most 
faithful  Protestant.  He  maintained  divers  persons  who  fled  from 
their  houses  for  religion,  and  it  is  thought  that  books,  beads,  or 
papistical  libels  will  be  found  in  his  house.     [1  page!\ 


64  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582.  Vo..  XXVII. 

[June.]  Interrogatories  whereon  Drs.  John  Hamond  and  Mat.  Carew,  ap- 
pointed by  the  Lord  Chancellor,  are  to  examine  George  Carleton 
and  John  Hastings,  on  behalf  of  William  Lord  Montjoy  : 

1.  Were  there  not  lands  in  Yorkshire  mortgaged  to  John 
Browen  for  a  debt  of  James  Lord  Montjoy,  and  did  you  not 
induce  Lord  Montjoy  to  discharge  those  lands,  and  to  mortgage 
Canford  in  lieu  thereof  ? 

2.  Did  you  not  sell  the  said  lands  in  Yorkshire  for  1,21  OZ.,  and 
therewith  redeem  Puddleton  manor  from  Sir  Mat.  Arundel,  and 
have  it  passed  into  your  own  name  and  upon  trust  1 

3.  Did  not  Lord  Montjoy  get  a  bill  to  exchange  Canford  and 
Puddleton  for  200L  of  the  Queen's  lands,  and  did  you  not  mean- 
while get  Canford  and  Puddleton  passed  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon, 
thus  hindering  the  exchange,  and  procuring  Lord  Mon^'oy's 
creditors  to  do  the  same  ? 

Also  10  more  questions  relating  to  the  share  taken  by  the  said 
persons,  aa  commissioners  in  trust  for  Lord  Montjoy,  in  the  sale  of 
the  said  lands  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  below  their  worth ;  to 
their  selling  to  the  Earl,  for  a  consideration,  the  profits  of  Ockman's 
mines  at  Canford,  which  were  settled  in  trust  for  Lady  Catherine 
Montjoy  and  her  children,  though  knowing  that  the  Earl  pretended 
a  little  to  the  inheritance;  and  to  their  suffering  Lord  Montjoy  to 
sell  Spettsbury  and  other  lands,  at  a  sixth  of  their  value.  With 
examination  of  Carleton  and  Hastings  thereon,  1 5  and  17  May  1 582. 
[Membranes,  1 — 5  of  a  parchment  roll.]     Also, 

Interrogatories  on  the  same  subject,  to  be  ministered  on  behalf 
of  Lord  Montjoy,  to  Eras.  Blount,  and  to  John  Pavy,  and  Edw.  Price, 
servants  to  Lord  Montjoy,  13  in  number,  and  their  examinations 
thei'eon,  22  and  24  May  1582.     [Memhranes  6 — 8.]     Also, 

Interrogatories  for  examination  of  John  Kipping  of  Poole,  Thos. 
Bennet  of  Canford,  and  Chris.  Williams,  as  to  their  being  arrested 
when  going  to  Ockman's  mine,  near  Poole,  Dorsetshire,  and  bribed 
and  threatened  to  induce  them  to  serve  under  the  Earl  of  Hun- 
tingdon, and  imprisoned  until  the  assizes  were  over,  and  as  to  like 
threats,  &c.  being  used  to  other  workmen.  With  examinations  of 
the  two  former,  31  Maj^ — 1  June,  confirming  the  same.  [Mem- 
branes, 9 — 11.]     Also, 

Interrogatories  for  Chas.  Browen,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  respecting 
the  purchase  of  part  of  Canford  manor  from  his  father  by  the 
Earl  of  Huntingdon,  and  his  examination  thereon,  June  10. 
[Membrane  11.]     Also, 

Interrogatories  for  John  Dolling,  of  Salisbmy,  servant  to  Edw. 
Lane,  dwelling  in  Blackfriars,  London,  relative  to  his  imprison- 
ment by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon's  orders,  and  his  examination 
thereoji,  31  May.  [Membranes,  12  and  13.  Domestic  Addenda, 
Case  K,  No.  20.] 

Interrogatories  to  be  ministered  on  behalf  of  the  Earl  of 
Huntingdon  in  the  said  case  : — 

1.  Was  Sir  Jas.  Blount,  late  Lord  Montjoy,  persuaded  by  the 

Earl,  to  make  John  Hastings  and  George  Carleton  commissioners 

of  his  living  and  payment  of  his  debts  ? 


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1582.  ^«^-  ^^^^^- 

2.  Did  the  Earl  agree  with  them  to  procure  Canford  and  Pud- 
dleton  manors  to  be  mortgaged,  and  after  forfeiture  conveyed 
to  the  Earl  ? 

3.  Did  the  Earl  hinder  the  redemption  of  the  manors  ?  With 
23  other  queries  relative  to  these  lands,  the  seizure  of  work- 
houses for  alum  and  copperas,  built  at  Canford  by  the  late 
Lord  Montjoy,  for  the  Earl,  &c. 

With  examinations  thereon,  before  Drs.  John  Hamond  and  Mat. 
Carew,  of  John  Hastings,  William  Constantine  of  Merle,  John  Hil- 
liard  of  Bucklands,  John  Huntley  of  Milborne,  and  Edward  Mead  of 
Poole,  all  of  Dorsetshire,  George  Dickinson  of  Wiltshire,  Charles 
Browen  of  the  Inner  Temple,  Rich.  Wotton  of  London,  George 
Carleton  of  Overston,  co.  Northampton,  John  Hopkins,  Wm.  Willis, 
George  Michell,  and  Thomas  Constantine,  John  Mansfield,  and  Wm. 
Bird,  all  of  London,  Charles  Blount,  brother  to  Lord  Montjoy,  aged 
19,  Thos.  Pike,  servant  to  Edw.  Lane,  John  Pavy  to  Lord  Montjoy, 
Thos.  Jenyn  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  ;  dated  May  17,  21,  24, 
and  31,  and  June  1,  1582.  [Parchment  roll.  Membranes  1 — 9.] 
Also, 

Interrogatories  on  behalf  of  the  Earl,  exhibited  14  June  1582, 
upon  his  conduct  in  reference  to  the  workmen  of  the  mines,  and 
examinations  thereon  of  Chris.  Southouse,  John  Mansfield  of 
London,  and  Thos.  Jenyn,  servant  to  the  Earl,  14  and  15  June 
1582.     \Memi)ranes  10 — 12.    Donustic  Addenda,  CaseH.,  No.  21.] 

July  5.  94.  Sir   Thomas   Copley  to   Sec.  Walsingham.    The  long  time 

Eouen.  makes  me  feel  that  there  is  no  proportion  between  the  delays  of 
the  Court  and  the  necessity  which  presses  me,  and  that  my  long 
lingering  without  going  to  the  place  to  which  I  have  been  called, 
my  absenting  myself  out  of  the  Low  Countries  in  a  time  of  so  great 
service,  my  dutiful  speeches  of  Her  Majesty,  and  open  show  of  hopu 
by  your  means  to  find  favour  at  home  breed  me  many  incon- 
veniences, by  cooling  my  credit  with  such  as  think  that  no  love 
to  Her  Majesty  or  other  natural  affection  should  make  me  offer 
service  to  enemies  to  the  Catholic  faith,  and  vehement  persecutors 
of  all  that  possess  it.  It  is  high  time  for  me  to  repair  my  credit 
abroad,  lest  between  two  stools  I  fall  to  the  ground.  It  grieves  me 
to  see  so  little  account  made  of  the  loyal  heart  I  bear  to  Her 
Majesty,  not  only  by  the  bond  of  allegiance,  but  by  nature  also, 
the  Earl  of  Wiltshire,  her  grandfather,  and  my  grandfather  having 
been  sons  of  two  sisters,  co-heirs  to  Lord  Wells,  by  which  side  also 
your  wife,  being  descended  of  my  father's  sister,  may  challenge  the 
honour  due  to  that  benefit  of  nature. 

My  dutiful  afiection  to  her  person  was  the  cause  that  I  endured 
imprisonment  in  Queen  Mary's  time,  for  speaking  in  Parliament  in 
her  favour,  for  which,  at  her  coming  to  the  Crown,  she  said  to  me 
(having  been,  as  I  think,  the  first  that  was  sent  to  her  with  letters 
from  this  side  of  the  seas),  that  she  owed  me  a  good  turn;  she 
might  easily  pay  it  without  charge,  hy  commanding  my  own 
revenues  to  be  rendered  to  me,  which  have  been  detained  so  many 


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Vol.  XXVII. 

1582. 

years,  and  I  should  take  it  for  as  great  a  favour  as  if  she  had  given 
me  so  much  yearly  of  her  coffers.  Only  this  I  crave  of  you, 
Quod  facis  fac  citius,  quia  quod  cito  factum  gratum  erit;  in- 
gratum  gratia  tarda  facit.  If  you  see,  as  my  friends  on  this  side 
think',  that  there  is  no  favour  meant  me  there,  then  remember  your 
promise  not  to  hold  me  long  in  suspense.  You  assured  me  eight 
months  ago  that,  upon  your  motion  of  my  suit,  Her  Majesty  gave 
so  gracious  ear  that  you  thought  you  should  be  able,  by  next  post, 
to  send  me  joyful  news,  and  your  answers  have  still  continued 
me  in  that  hope.  Pray  refresh  her  memory  with  that  good  counsel 
of  the  wise  man,  N'e,  dicas  wmico  tuo,  vade  et  revertere,  et  eras 
dabo  tibi,  cum  stati/m  possis  dare.  I  cannot  hold  out  attending 
in  this  place  more  delays,  without  seeking  other  .means  for  re- 
lief;  I  should  be  too  improvident  to  let  go  my  hold  of  my  old 
approved  friends  abroad,  before  some  fruit  grew  to  me  of  the  hopes 
given  me  from  home.  Resolution  therefore  is  all  I  desire.  If  it 
prove  favourable,  it  will  give  me  courage  to  do  well ;  if  otherwise,  I 
trust  to  please  God  by  patient  suffering  of  evil.  I  am  persuaded 
that  the  hope  wherein  I  have  been  so  long  entertained  from  home 
shall  not  prove  altogether  frustrate. 

I  presume,  in  accomplishment  of  my  promise,  to  send  your  wife  a 
formal  grant,  sealed  and  signed  by  me,  of  an  annuity  of  lOOl.  upon 
my  manor  of  Gatton,  in  Surrey,  while  I  shall,  by  your  good  means, 
be  permitted  to  remain  abroad ;  which  I  trust  she  and  you  will 
take  in  good  part,  considering  I  do  not  give  it  thereby  to  seek 
partial  favour  in  variance  with  justice,  but  in  a  mere  matter  of 
grace,  in  which  case  such  great  recognitions  of  greater  benefits 
received  are  so  usual  and  so  thankfully  taken,  even  of  great 
princes,  as  where  they  be  omitted,  the  parties  pleasured  are  justly 
condemned  of  ingratitude.  And  further,  lest  any  of  my  Lords  or 
others  of  the  Council  might  be  a  hindrance  of  my  suit, — not  for  malice 
to  my  person,  for  there  is  not  one  of  them  that  I  ever  particularly 
offended,  but  for  disdain  that  I  had  not  so  much  as  once  sued 
to  them  for  their  favours, — I  write  the  letter  enclosed  to  them, 
•referring  its  delivery  or  retaining  to  your  wisdom.     [If  pages.] 

1852  ? 

July  12.  95.  The  Council  to  Mr.  Windham  and  Mr.  Popham.  Chris.  Thom- 
^Courtat^  ton,  plaintiff,  has  a  matter  to  be  tried  before  you  next  assizes 
.TB^TiwiP  against  Eobt.  Clough,  for  a  title  of  lands  in  right  of  Eliz.  Clough, 
wife  of  Chris.  Thornton.  He,  to  vindicate  his  right,  obtained  ex- 
emplification, under  the  seal  of  the  Court  of  the  Marches  of  Wales, 
of  the  depositions  of  certain  witnesses,  and  the  defendant  could  not 
show  cause  against  his  petition.  But  on  17th  February,  Richard, 
son  of  Robert  Clough,  stole  the  records  out  of  the  office  of  the 
chief  clerk  of  thai  court,  so  that  the  plaintiff  will  be  damaged  unless 
he  may  have  copies  of  the  records.  We  request  you  to  further  his 
cause.     [1  pages.l    Also, 


Greenwich. 


_ — ; to  [Windham  and  Popham  ?1     It  being  uncertain  whether 

this  is  a  general  complaint  of  the  whole  isle  [Guernsey  ?],  or  of 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  67 


1582? 


Vol.  XXVn. 


particular  persons  grieved  with  the  present  Government,  consider 
whether  at  the  commissioners'  first  sitting,  the  assembly  should  be 
asked  whether  they  are  aggrieved  with  the  bailiff  and  jurats'  govern- 
ment, as  contrary  to  their  privileges  and  charters.  Thus  inquiry 
may  he  made  into  their  liberties  in  matters  of  appeal,  and  correc- 
tions used  towards  those  who  have  troubled  Queen  and  Council, 
and  burdened  the  country  with  the  charges  of  this  commission. 

If  it  be  found  that  the  whole  community  complain,  the  commis- 
sioners must  examine  how  far  their  privileges  extend,  and  as  the 
greatest  matter  is  for  appeals,  which  in  the  time  of  assizes,  were 
allowed  to  the  justices  of  assize,  the  commissioners  must  enquire 
in  what  cases  it  was  lawful  to  appeal.  Then  they  must  look 
into  the  judgments  of  the  bailiffs  and  jurats  complained  of. 

The  allowance  for  the  commissioners  must  be  appointed  by  the 
assembly,  as  usual  in  such  cases,  and  with  as  small  charge  to  the 
people  as  may  be.  The  charge  should  be  laid  upon  all,  if  the  com- 
mission was  desired  by  all ;  if  not,  the  greatest  put  upon  those 
who  have  caused  the  charge ;  for  it  would  be  an  innovation  to  allow 
the  captain  to  tax  them,  especially  in  this  case,  where  he  makes 
himself  a  party  against  the  bailiff  and  jurats.  It  should  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Lords  according  to  the  proportion  paid  to  Her 
Majesty  for  determining  controversies  in  the  island. 

But  as  it  may  seem  strange  to  the  commons  to  be  burdened 
about  the  commission,  pray  consider  whether  it  were  not  best, 
before  the  commission  proceed,  for  the  lords  to  write  to  the  states 
of  the  isle,  to  know  whether  the  bailiff  and  jurats  have  misgoverned 
themselves,  as  informations  have  been  sent  in  of  their  acting  contrary 
to  the  customs  of  the  isle  and  liberties  of  Normandy,  so  that  better 
order  may  be  taken  ;  also  to  know  what  their  customs  are  touching 
depredations.  [2f  pages,  imperfect^ 
1582. 

July  15.  96.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  to  Council.  You  write  me  that  Philip 
Guernsey.  Carteret  of  Jersey'has  exhibited  a  petition  to  you,  requiring  a  certain 
jurisdiction  erected  by  his  father  in  the  island  of  Sark,  and  continued) 
18  years.  You  ask  my  opinion,  as  Sark  is  in  my  government. 
This  jurisdiction  is  in  contempt  of  that  of  Her  Majesty ;  none 
should  hold  such  courts  and  oiBcers  but  kings  and  queens  of  England 
and  dukes  of  Normandy,  and  Carteret  should  be  reproved.  The 
records  of  the  court,  which  I  have  sent  you  by  Louis  de  Vic,  show 
that  it  has  been  erected  not  18  years,  but  only  two,  I  being  then 
absent  from  my  charge.  It  is  not  so  much  the  simple  inhabitants 
disliking  to  be  governed  by  Guernsey  laws,  but  the  pride  of  their 
landlord,  who  would  have  none  overlook  his  doings.  ,  No  incon- 
venience can  arise  by  suppressing  this  court,  and  making  Sark,  like 
Alderney,  subject  to  Guernsey.  It  would  be  a  wrong  to  Guernsey 
to  transfer  it  to  Jersey,  as  required,  for  since  the  Conquest,  all 
causes,  civil  and  criminal,  in  the  islands  are  to  be  decided  by  the 
bailiff  and  jurats  of  Guernsey.     [2  pages.l 

July  ?  97.  Opinion  by  Attorney  General  Popham  and  Solicitor  General 

Egerton,  on  the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jersey.     A  commission 

E  2 


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1582.  '        ^ouXXYU. 

should  be  awarded  to  the  lieutenant  and  some  of  the  jurats,  to 
consider  who  in  the  island  should  enjoy  this  privilege,  and  the 
descent  for  these  lands  and  houses  be  directed  by  the  four  principal 
houses  of  the  isle,  but  the  tenure  remain  as  it  is,  and  no  houses  be 
dismembered,  but  on  certificate  to  have  them  reduced  to  certainty  by 
patent. 

The  2nd  article,  being  at  the  suit  of  the  inhabitants,  should  be 
assented  to,  and  order  taken  who  shall  have  the  receipt  thereof,  to 
the  use  named  in  the  petition. 

The  3rd  article  should  be  assented  to,  and  the  isle  helped  by  Her 
Majesty's  order,  as  it  used  by  the  Norman  laws,  and  by  custom. 

The  party  appealing,  contrary  to  the  order  already  set  down  by 
the  Lords,  should  be  imprisoned  by  the  justices,  without  bail  or 
mainprize.     [1  page.l     Also, 

Like  report  for  the  matter  of  Sark.  The  inheritance  of  the  island 
is  in  M.  Carteret,  who  is  to  maintain  there  40  families,  which  he 
has  performed,  and  use  a  leet. 

Sir  Thos.  Leighton  is,  by  patent,  captain  of  that  island,  as  well  as 
of  Guernsey  and  Alderney. 

The  inhabitants  of  Sark  are  from  Jersej',  and  during  the  17  years 
it  has  been  inhabited,  have  used  Jersey  laws,  but  without  warrant, 
as  their  laws  should  be  prescribed  by  Queen  and  Council.  Order 
should  be  taken  by  what  laws  they  shall  be  governed.     [|  page.] 

July  19.         98.  John  de  Critz  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     It  is  long  since  I  wrote 

Paris.        you,  but  Until  the  King's  removal  from  Fontainbleau,  I  can  do 

nothing  there ;  I  have  applied  myself  in  doing  somewhat,  but  it  is 

not  yet  finished.     Meantime,  accept  this  little  toy  of  mine,  made 

upon  pleasure.     [^  page.] 

July  19.  99.  Thomas  Phelippes  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  According  to  your 
Bourges  in  order,  I  have  travailed  to  the  uttermost  in  the  cypher  which  you 
sent  me,  wherein  I  had  success,  as  appears  by  what  accompanies  this ; 
if  not  so  good  as  was  wished,  yet  I  hope  sufficient  to  satisfy  Her 
Majesty,  who  shall  thereby  find  the  substance  of  the  letter.  To  testify 
my  pains,  it  shall  be  found,  Mr.  Sommer  being  judge,  that  those 
imperfect  lines  have  been  worn  out  of  the  hard  rock.  I  have  had 
to  do,  as  you  know,  with  many  cyphers,  but  I  never  lit  upon  any 
wherewith  I  was  more  cumbered,  nor  wherein  the  observations  which 
I  serve  myself  of  in  these  occasions  did  more  fail  me  ;  therefore,  you 
must  take  in  good  part  the  events  you  find  herein,  although  it  be  a 
language  wherewith  I  should  be  well  acquainted,  considering  that 
either  of  ignorance  or  policj^,  the  writer  has  made  so  many  faults, 
as  well  in  the  Latin  as  the  orthography,  that  I  was  fain  to  supply 
it  almost  everywhere  by  conjecture,  to  make  sense ;  but  I  send  a 
draft  of  the  letter  as  it  was  written,  wherein  may  be  seen  what 
itself  did  yield,  and  what  and  why  it  is  by  me  left  out  or  supplied. 
I  trust  such  order  shall  be  taken  with  the  messenger  as  he  shall 
tell  more  plainly  what  is  meant,  which  I  think  is  some  such 
Komish  legation  of  Jesuits  into  that  realm  as  that  of  the  last 
year,  against  whose  practices  the  Lord  defend  us. 


Bern. 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  69 


jgg2  Vol.  XXVIL 

I  understood  by  my  father  your  remembrance  of  my  patent, 
as  also  your  promise  of  protection  against  Mr.  P.,  for  -which  I  thank 
you.  There  is  no  cause  why  he  should  be  favoured  against  my 
father,  in  a  matter  wherein  he  can  prove  himself  free  from  all 
either  intent  or  effect  of  wrong ;  I  doubt  not  but  you  have  that 
regard  of  him  that  one  of  iiis  religion,  faction,  and  course  of  life 
deserve,  making  the  countenance  of  some  great  personages,  and  some 
good  gifts  of  his  own  a  colour  of  his  insolences.     [1;^  pages.l 

July  21  ?        100.  Note  of  certain  points  concerning  the  Isle  of  Sark  not  yet 
decided : — 

1.  Whether  Philip  Carteret,  holding  it  by  tenure  of  the  20th 
part  of  a  knight's  fee,  shall  answer  pleas  holden  in  Guernsey,  like 
other  freeholders  in  capite  ?  Whether  the  salt  house  belongs  to 
the  Queen  or  Cai-teret,  and  to  which  belong  the  customs  on  wares, 
ships,  &c.,  wreck  of  sea  ?  Whether  Carteret  be  exempt  from  pay- 
ment of  the  13th  on  the  sale  of  land,  and  the  inhabitants  from  the 
rent  called  fumagium  ?  Whether  Carteret  may  levy  for  rent,  com, 
and  poultry  a  greater  price  than  rated  at  Guernsey  ?  Whether 
he  is  to  pay  premier  seisin  for  Sark,  and  whether  he  has  made 
any  defaults,  according  to  his  patent  ?  With  marginal  notes  of 
replies  to  some  of  the  queries.     [|  page.] 

July  21.  101.  Notes  for  the  Island  of  Sark,  propounded  by  the  deputies  of 
Guernsey,  and  agreed  on  before  Sir  Francis  Walsingham  at  Non- 
such : — 

1.  That  Philip  Carteret  shall  acknowledge  the  authority  in 
Sark  of  the  governor  and  justices  of  Guernsey. 

2.  That  they  have  a  seneschal  and  two  vavaseurs  appointed  by 
the  governor  of  Guernsey,  to  decide  simple  quarrels  not  exceed- 
ing 40s.  Appeals  to  be  made  before  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of 
Guernsey.  [Marginal  amendment ;]  To  have  three  jurats,  as  in 
Alderney,  to  give  sentence  on  causes  under  lOl. 

3.  A  clerk  of  the  court  to  record  all  matters  and  causes. 

4.  To  have  a  provost  to  plead  the  Queen's  causes  as  a  procurer, 
to  adjourn  and  distrain  as  a  sergeant,  and  to  receive  amerciaments, 
and  yield  account  thereof  to  Guernsey. 

5.  To  have  a  constable  and  vingtionier,  as  at  Guernsey. 

6.  The  inhabitants  to  observe  the  laws,  customs,  and  ordinances 
of  Guernsey. 

7.  Ecclesiastical  causes  to  be  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
dean  or  commissaire  of  Guernsey,  appointed  by  the  Bishop  of 
Winchester.     [1  page.] 

July  24.  102.  Sir  Thomas  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  Painter,  the  post, 
Eouen.  -was  ready  to  depart,  I  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Heron,  wherein  I  per- 
ceive your  intention  to  do  me  good,  and  that  not  for  any  consideration 
you  will  accept  at  my  hand,  which  I  am  sorry  for,  but  for  friendship 
and  good  will,  in  regard  of  the  alliance  between  our  houses,  wherein 
you  show  the  true  nobility  of  your  heart. 


70  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

When  I  consider  how,  in  Queen  Mary's  time,  the  Earl  of  Bedford 
that  now  is,  Sir  Francis  KnoUys,  Sir  Anthony  Cook,  Sir  Philip 
Hoby,  Sir  Thomas  Wroth,  Sir  John  Cheeke,  Sir  Nicholas  Throck- 
morton, and  divers  others  found  favour  from  those  of  contrary 
religion,  I  cannot  despair  but  time  may  also  yield  to  us,  whose  turn 
it  is  now  to  be  afflicted,  some  friends  that  for  charity's  sake  will 
correspond  with  us,  for  there  can  be  no  true  faith  which  is  void  of 
charity.  This  charity  has  moved  such  as  have  helped  some  on  this 
side  of  the  sea  to  enjoy  their  living,  with  liberty  of  conscience ; 
nevertheless,  they  came  over  without  special  licence,  as  well  as  I ;  so 
I  trust,  I  may  find  like  friends  and  favour  at  the  hands  of  Her 
Majesty  and  her  Council.  Since  God  has  inclined  you  to  take  my 
matter  in  hand,  who  have  the  bruit  to  be  faithful  to  your  friends, 
and  of  will  and  ability  to  do  me  good,  I  cannot  but  hope  a  speedy 
and  joyful  resolution.  If  I  be  not  fast  and  faithful  to  you,  condemn 
me  for  the  most  ingrate  man  that  lives.  Eesolution,  whatsoever  it  be, 
is  the  thing  I  desire,  for  if  I  linger  longer,  I  am  undone.  '  My  long 
treaty  with  you  has  bred  great  buzzes  in  the  heads  of  many  that 
mislike  my  looking  back  towards  my  living  at  home.     [1  page.] 

July  28.  103.  Sir  Henry  Wodrington  to  Lord  Hunsdon.  Last  Wednesday, 
Berwick,  there  were  books  and  pamphlets  thrust  into  the  church,  which  were 
found  by  the  clerk  in  the  morning,  and  the  like  put  through  the 
wicket  of  your  gate,  which  I  send  you,  as  also  a  proclamation  which 
I  caused  to  be  made  the  same  day.  I  examined  such  as  were 
strangers  in  the  town,  but  could  not  find  anything  against  them, 
save  one,  who  left  the  town  the  morning  that  these  things  were 
disclosed  ;  nevertheless  I  wrote  to  my  Lord  Warden  to  direct  letters 
to  Morpeth  and  Newcastle  for  his  apprehension,  according  to  marks 
on  his  horse  and  garments,  and  also  to  make  search  within  his 
wardenry  for  him. 

I  have  one  Robt.  Aer,  soldier  under  Capt.  CarveU,  in  prison 
on  suspicion,  as  he  accompanied  the  man ;  he  says  that  his  name 
was  Coupland,  born  in  Suffolk  and  dwelling  in  Yorkshire,  and 
that  a  soldier  in  the  town,  named  Cockrell,  knew  him  better ;  I 
sent  for  Cockrell,  who  stated  that  he  (Coupland)  was  in  this  town 
and  drank  in  his  house  six  months  since,  but  that  when  he  saw  him 
lately,  he  would  not  know  him.  Aer  vtdll  confess  nothing,  but  he 
was  with  him  the  day  before,  playing  at  cards  until  9  at  night,  and 
then  they  lodged  together. 

The  next  morning,  Coupland  seemed  desirous  of  company  south- 
ward again,  and  there  were  some  who  rode  southward  that  morning, 
and  expected  he  would  have  gone  with  them,  but  Aer  stayed  him 
tiU  the  other  company  was  gone,  and  then  conveyed  him  over  the 
bridge.  Coupland  overtook  the  company  be  should  have  gone  with 
in  the  morning,  and  rode  with  them,  but  never  spoke  a  word,  and 
at  Alnwick  left  them.  What  is  possible  to  be  done  by  inquisition 
I  shall  slack  no  time  in  perfecting,  to  find  out  the  utterers  and 
authors.  We  have  appointed  our  mawing  day  to  be  13  August. 
[2  pages.'] 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  71 


1582. 


Vol.  XXVII. 


Aug.  6.  104.  E.  Lloyd  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     Your  servant,  Mr.  Bournham, 

,  Paris.  will  both  ease  me  of  all  other  service,  and  deliver  these  few  words, 
wherein  I  acknowledge  your  favour  and  offer  service.  Mr.  Stanley 
arrived  at  Paris  on  Wednesday  25  July;  we  mean  shortly  to 
journey  towards  Orleans,  Blois,  or  Angers,  and  the  sooner  if  we 
had  received  our  licence  from  you,  which  I  pray  you  either  to 
send  to  the  Lord  Ambassador,  or  keep  until  our  return  to  Paris. 
[|  page.] 

Aug.  ^.  105.  Nich.  Cabry,  apothecary,  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  send  you.  the 
Your  House  at  muscardines,  also  35  cakes  of  bole  armoniac,  a  rarity  from  the  Levant, 
^^'  which  I  have  received  from  a  friend  of  mine,  a  renegade  in  the 
seraglio  of  the  Grand  Turk,  whose  effects  are  signal  in  many 
maladies.  I  should  have  sent  some  Metridac  treacle  and  salt  earth, 
but  I  thought  you  had  enough.  The  bearer  of  them  has  brought 
other  excellent  things  from  Constantinople  for  resisting  poison,  and 
especially  unicorn's  stone,  which  may  be  tried  before  buying  it  with 
good  success,  on  animals  to  whom  arsenic  has  been  given. 

He  has  also  balm  of  Judsea,  turpentine  of  Scio,  and  other  rare 
drugs.  He  as  also  silver  medals,  idols  of  Isis,  taken  from  mummies, 
&c.  I  expect  soon  some  manna  from  Lebanon,  which  will  be  good 
for  your  complexion.  Thanks  for  your  good  treatment  of  my 
brother.     [1  page,  French.] 

Aug.  12..  106.  Petition  of  a  Frenchman  of  St.  Martin's  to  Lord  Treasurer 
Burghley.  Has  been  wronged  by  the  pewterers  of  London,  who, 
when  the  law  had  ordered  the  restoration  of  his  merchandise,  in  his 
absence,  took  it,  promising  to  buy  it,  and  pay  his  creditors  if  he 
would  never  more  work  in  England,  which  would  be  his  ruin. 
They  have  forced  his  creditors  three  times  to  imprison  him.  Prays 
an  order  to  them  to  restore  the  merchandise,  without  damage  to  an 
action  against  one  of  them  for  taking  it  away ;  also  an  order  for 
restoration  of  merchandise  taken  from  him  three  years  past  by 
Thos.  Aker,  in  Southampton  fair,     [f  page,  French.] 

Aug.  12.  107.  Henry  Cheek  to  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  By  our  general 
York.  letters  you  may  perceive  the  store  of  priests  and  seeds  of  rebellion 
which  are  cherished  in  this  country;  besides  those  lately  taken, 
there  were  two  others  in  their  company  who  escaped.  Thomson 
was  very  near  being  taken  by  Mr.  Wortley,  who  overtaking  him 
carrying  a  long  pike  staff  upon  his  shoulders,  examined  him  and  his 
companion  as  to  where  they  lodged  the  night  before,  and  finding  a 
variety  in  their  answers,  began  to  suspect  them,  and  found  Thomson 
to  be  a  priest.  I  was  informed  by  Wortley  that  they  left  a  cloak 
bag  full  of  vestments  at  Thos.  Waterton's  house,  whereupon  I  directed 
a  commission  for  taking  him  and  his  wife ;  but  before  the  pursui- 
vant came,  they  fled,  and,  as  is  supposed,  are  now  with  her  brother, 
Mr.  Draycott  of  Painsley,  in  Staffordshire.  If  you  procure  a  com- 
mission from  Council  for  their  apprehension  there,  I  think  they 
wiU  easily  be  found,  or  at  least  taken  here  by  a  commission 
dormant. 


72  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

The  justices  of  assize  required  me,  at  their  departure,  to  commend 
them  to  you,  and  to  signify  their  want  of  your  presence  here  ;  they 
were  forward  in  proceeding  against  the  traitors  and  recusants. 
Mr.  Attorney  took  great  pains  in  furthering  the  service. 

The  assembly  at  the  arraignment  of  the  priests  was  very  great, 
especially  of  Papists,  so  that  the  Court  was  in  great  disorder,  and 
the  justices  of  assize  forced  to  make  room  themselves  like  ushers. 
The  attainder  of  these  traitors  has  done  some  good,  but  their  present 
execution  would  do  more.  Pray  labour  with  Council  for  it  as  soon 
as  may  be,  or  at  the  least  that  of  one  of  them. 

I  hope  we  shall  shortly  receive  the  commission  and  instructions 
for  this  Council,  whereof  we  have  often  great  want,  not  knowing 
how  far  we  may  proceed  in  divers  cases  by  warrant.  If  the  business 
here  is  not  great,  and  I  am  not  otherwise  commanded,  I  mean,  after 
the  sitting,  to  take  the  country  air  for  a  fortnight  or  three  weeks, 
with  Sir  Thos.  Cecil,  and  have,  with  much  difficulty,  entreated 
Mr.  Eokeby  to  keep  the  signet  in  my  absence.     [I4  pages.] 

Aug.  17.         108.  Thomas  Arundel  to  his  father,  Sec.  Walsingham.     At  my 

Lyons.      coming  out  of  England,  intending  to  pass  the  course  of  the  Ehine, 

you  favoured  me  with  letters  of  recommendation  to  the  Count 

Palatine;  but  seeing  my  journey  frustrated,  I  restored  you  them  at 

Paris,     The  same  intention  being  renewed,  I  hope  the  same  favour. 

The  Prince  of  Piedmont's  soldiers  lie  scattered  about  Geneva,  so 
that  the  entry  is  dangerous  ;  so  I  have  not  yet  delivered  your  letters 
to  Master  Beza,  but  will  the  first  opportunity,  and  hope  ere  long 
the  state  of  the  town  will  be  brought  to  such  quietness  that  I  may 
remain  there  sometime,  rather  as  a  scholar  than  a  soldier.  In  my 
return  thence,  I  will  see  the  territories  of  the  Count  Palatine,  and 
the  Duke  Casimir,  and  therefore  desire  to  have  letters  to  them. 

I  understand  some  false  accusers, — to  set  forward  either  their  own 
private  cause  or  that  of  their  friends, — have  burdened  me  with 
matters  I  never  thought  of;  but  seeing  the  time  of  my  return  draws 
on,  I  will  not  commit  my  just  excuse  to  these  few  lines.  I  hope  in 
all  my  proceedings  you  wiU  vouchsafe  me  such  counsel  as  proceeds 
from  a  favourable  father  to  a  loving  and  obedient  son.     [1|  pages.] 

Aug.  27.  109.  Charles  Merbury  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  before  adver- 
Orleans.  tised  you  of  my  Lord  Ambassador's  proceedings  towards  furthering 
the  cause  of  the  town  of  Chester,  as  also  that  by  his  advice  I  re- 
signed the  charge  of  the  said  town,  which  you  committed  to  me,  to  a 
Frenchman,  an  acquaintance  of  my  Lord's,  who  for  his  abilities 
seemed  more  fit  to  further  the  cause.  Doubting  however  whether 
my  letter  came  to  your  hands,  I  certify  you  thereof,  that  you  may 
not  impute  my  weakness  to  want  of  desire  to  serve  you,  but  of  means 
and  ability  to  satisfy  you. 

As  to  my  own  businessj  I  am  waiting  until  the  pirates  that  robbed 
me  have  returned  from  the  seas,  and  Mens.  Carronge  into  Normandy, 
to  reap  some  benefit  of  your  recommendations,  and  my  Lord  Am- 
bassador's endeavours.    [1  page.] 


DOMESTIC—ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


73 


1582. 

Sept.  If. 

Your  House 
at  Paris. 


Sept.  2.5. 

Guernsey. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

110.  Nich.  Cabry,  apothecary,  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Thanks  for 
your  reception  of  what  I  last  sent  you.  I  now  send,  as  you  order, 
5  oz.  of  unicorn's  stone,  which  I  have  tried  ;  |  oz.  of  tine,  of  balsam  ; 
■^  oz.  of  tine,  ammonia ;  1^  ozs.  of  tine,  albotin,  which  is  the  real 
turpentine  of  Scio.  I  send  you  but  little,  that  you  may  try  them. 
You  can  have  more  if  you  wish.  I  have  bought  all  the  balm,  4^  ozs. 
and  take  1  oz.,  for  composition  of  the  mithridate  of  damocrat,  with 
the  confection  of  alcherms,  which  I  must  make  in  presence  of 
doctors  and  apothecaries,  to  relieve  the  epidemical  indisposition.  I 
will  let  you  know  when  it  is  made,  as  you  are  curious  about  things 
rare  for  health.  The  stone  of  monocrater  is  good  for  those  who  have 
taken  anything  hurtful.  The  balm  for  ulcers ;  ammonia  for  tooth- 
ache and  indigestion.  Directions  for  taking  them.  [1  "page, 
French  and  Latin.] 

111.  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  the  information 
against  Louis  de  Vic  proceeds  from  all  the  ministers  here,  I  have 
examined  them  and  the  ancients  of  St.  Peter's  port  thereon.  I  send 
you  their  depositions.  I  have  examined  the  neighbours  of  the  man 
said  to  be  slain  by  him.  It  is  16  years  since  De  Vic,  then  constable, 
struck  the  man  at  the  musters,  and  he  has  had  four  children  since, 
to  one  of  whom  De  Vic  was  godfather. 

The  charge  of  adultery  could  not  be  proved,  being  only  brought 
by  an  ill  woman.  Some  of  the  ministers  protested  a  j'ear  since  that 
either  he  would  drive  them  out  or  they  him,  on  account  of  his  office 
of  commissary  under  the  bishop.  Had  he  committed  these  oflTences, 
Nich.  Baudouin  would  not  have  admitted  him  to  the  communion.  I 
have  always  thought  him  honest,  and  the  best  servant  I  have.  I  fear 
these  troubles  will  overthrow  the  Church  here.  Pray  decide  the 
case  yourself,  for  if  it  come  before  the  whole  Council,  the  unfolding 
of  these  evil  doings  may  be  hurtful  to  religion.  [1|  pages.]  An- 
nexing, 

111.  I.  Inquisition  before  Sir  Thomas  Leighton,  Thomas  Wigmore, 
bailiff,  and  seven  jurats,  on  four  articles  sent  by  Sec. 
Walsingham  against  Louis  de  Vic,  for  beating  a  m,an ; 
committing  adultery;  doing  violence  to  an  ancient 
of  the  Church;  and  troubling  the  ministry ;  with  the  depo- 
sitions of  the  ministers  in  proof  of  the  charges.  [3  pages, 
French  copy ^  5  Sept.  1582. 

111.  II.  Like  deposition  of  the  ancients,  made  at  the  requisition 
of  Louis  de  Vic,  in  disproof  of  the  said  charges. 
[H  pages,  French  copy.]  12  Sept.  1582. 

111.  III.  Like  deposition  to  the  same  effect  as  the  former  part  of 
the  preceding,     [f  page,  French  copy.]  12  Sept.  1582. 

111.  IV.  Like  deposition  of  the  neighbours  of  Thos.  Patron,  the 
person  whom  Louis  de  Vic  struck.  [2j  pages,  French 
coi^y.]  16  Sept.  1582. 


74  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582.  VOL.  XXVII. 

Sept.  ?  112.  Petition  of  Louis  de  Vic  to  Sir  Thomas  Leighton,  for  favour- 

able acceptance  of  his  answer  to  the  depositions  of  certain  ministers 
of  Guernsey,  on  interrogatories  sent  by  Sir  Francis  Walsingham. 
Feeling  himself  unjustly  accused,  and  his  life  and  goods  endangered, 
consented,  though  against  law,  to  be  inquested  by  his  enemies,  and 
sends  his  answer,  to  show  their  envy  and  untruth.  The  charges  are, 
that  he  so  beat  a  man  as  to  cause  his  death.  That  he  was  guilty 
of  adultery.  Offered  violence  to  an  elder  of  the  Church  ;  and  was 
a  troubler  of  the  ministry  to  the  Church.  Depositions  and  answers 
upon  each  point.  Acknowledges  troubling  the  ministers,  because 
they  preach  against  the  authority  of  Queen  and  Council,  bishops, 
and  the  government  of  England ;  they  usurp  the  authority  of  the 
civil  magistrates,  disapprove  law  and  justice,  slander  those  that 
differ  from  them,  and  are  always  contentious,  and  inventing  new 
opinions.  Entreats  that  the  orders  for  uniformity  may  be  observed, 
and  those  who  execute  them  supported,  for  if  men  are  allowed  to  do 
and  say  as  they  list,  dangerous  effects  will  follow.  [8  fages  and 
2  blcmh  leaves.] 

Sept.  ?  113.  Articles  by  Louis  de  Vic  against  Baudoin  and  Wm.  Beauvais. 

That  the  divine  service,  such  as  used  in  England,  has  been  rejected 
by  their  means,  the  gates  of  the  chumhes  in  the  island  closed 
and  the  pastors  silenced.  Ans.,  This  is  a  calumny  against  the 
ministers,  who  have  not  introduced  themselves  into  the  churches, 
but  being  called  by  the  government,  and  charged  to  keep  the  same 
order  throughout,  have  been  preaching  and  instructing  the  people, 
administering  the  sacraments,  &c.  Baudoin  and  Beauvais  had  no 
power  to  act  as  they  were  accused,  nor  would  the  people  have 
endorsed  it ;  the  churches  have  always  been  open  on  Sundays,  for 
preaching,  prayer,  and  sacraments. 

That  Wm.  Beauvais  took  the  oflBce  of  bailiff,  on  decease  of  Thos. 
Compton,  and  he  and  his  associates  took  the  authority  of  dean. 
Ans.,  This  is  a  calumny,  but  at  the  governor's  order,  they  did 
punish  dissolute  dames,  drunkenness,  fcc,  and  this  gave  rise  to  it. 

That  Beauvais,  magistrate,  and  Baudoin,  minister,  said  it  were 
better  never  to  have  prayers  or  reading  in  the  church,  than  to 
use  the  English  ser-vice.  Ans.,  They  would  never  presume  to 
alter  the  form  of  service  without  permission  of  the  governor,  and 
consent  of  the  elders  of  the  Church,  and  this  imputation  is  of  malice. 
[I  page,  French.] 

Endorsed,  A  note  touching  MM.  Beauvais  and  Baudoin,  in 
answer  of  the  discourse  presented  to  the  Bishop  of  Winchester. 

Sept.  28.  114.  Charles  Paget  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  so  governed 
Paris.  myself,  in  all  my  actions,  that  my  conscience  does  not  accuse  me 
either  of  undutifulness  to  Her  Majesty, — my  coming  over  without 
licence  excepted, — or  misbehaviour  towards  you,  whatsoever  my  ad- 
versaries have  informed  you  to  the  contrary.  Let  not  their  slanders 
destroy  the  good  you  meant  me,  but  since  both  they  and  I  depend 
upon  your  sentence,  pronounce  judgment  answerable  to  your 
accustomed  bounty,  their  malice,  and  my  innocency. 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  75 


1582.  VoL.XXVn. 

Upon  your  promise  to  do  what  lay  in  your  power  to  repair 
my  unfortunate  estate,  I  made  a  liberal  present  to  you  of  my 
affection  and  service,  and  cannot,  without  grief,  withdraw  it. 
Pray  give  me  cause  to  augment  rather  than  diminish  my  love.  In 
my  answer  to  Her  Majesty's  command  for  my  return  to  England, 
assist  me  that  she  may  yield  me  her  favour  and  liberty  of  conscience 
in  religion,  as  I  most  humbly  petitioned,  and  thereupon  I  will  make 
speedy  return.  If  this  cannot  be  done,  then  solicit  her '  for  my 
enjoying  my  small  living  on  this  side  the  sea,  whereby  I  may  be 
kept  from  necessity,  which  otherwise  will  force  me  to  seek  relief  of 
some  foreign  prince.  If  I  receive  any  comfort,  I  will  attribute  it  to 
you.     [1  page.] 

Sept.  ?  115.  Summary  of  the  mode  ordered  by  Pope  Gregory  XIII.  for 

Venice.       correcting  the  year :  — 

The  spring  equinox,  fixed  for  21  March,  being  removed  1 0  days 
from  its  place,  so  that  Easter  does  not  take  place  at  the  proper  time, 
the  Pope  commands  that  10  days  be  taken  away  from  October  1582  ; 
that  is,  that  the  feast  of  St.  Francis  having  taken  place  on  4-  Oct., 
the  following  day  shall  not  be  the  5th  but  the  15th,  and  the  subse- 
quent feasts  of  the  year  celebrated  accordingly.  That  these  changes 
may  not  be  prejudicial  to  any  contracts  made  by  month  or  year,  the 
judges  are  empowered  to  add  10  days  to  each.  All  persons,  inKome 
or  elsewhere,  are  forbidden,  on  pain  of  excommunication,  to  use  any 
other  calendar  than  that  printed  by  consent  of  Antonio  Gilio  (or 
Lilio).  With  complete  calendar  of  Oct.,  Nov.,  and  Dec.  1582, 
passing  from  4  Oct.  to  15  Oct.,  and  table  of  moveable  feasts,  and 
lunar  calendar  accommodated  for  the  three  last  months  of  1582, 
and  for  1853.  [1  sheet,  printed  at  Venice  by  permission  of  Antonio 
Lilio.    Italian.] 

Oct.  1.  116.  Robert  Gascoigne  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  have  gone  through 

Berwick,  the  posts  to  Berwick,  and  in  my  journey  have  examined  the  books 
in  general,  and  find  default  in  every  one  of  them.  Since  my  coming. 
Sir  Hen,  Wodrington,  marshal  there,  sent  letters  to  the  Lord  Trea- 
surer, Lord  Hunsdon,  and  you,  and  delivered  them  to  the  posts  there 
at  5  p.m.  of  Aug.  25,  which  were  not  received  at  Belford  until  12  at 
night,  and  at  Alnwick  until  10  a.m.  of  the  26th,  so  that  they  were 
17  hours  between  Berwick  and  Alnwick.  The  post  of  Belford 
alleges  that  his  boy  fell  in  the  water.  The  defects  of  aU  wiU  appear 
by  their  books,  of  which  I  have  made  a  copy  for  August  and  Septem- 
ber. In  my  return,  I  shaU  give  every  post  certain  articles,  of  which 
I  enclose  a  copy,  and  if  you  shall  be  pleased  to  reform  anything, 
inform  me  of  it.     [|  page.]     Enclosing, 

116.  I.  Orders  by  Queen  and  Council  to  be  observed  by  all  the 
posts  between  London  a/nd  Berwick : — 

Every  postmaster  receiving  any  packet  of  letters  from, 
Sir  Fras.  Walsingham,  or  any  of  the  Council  for  Her 
Majesty's  affcdrs,  is  to  affix  a  label,  subscribed  with  his 
name,  of  the  day  and  hour  that  it  came  to  his  hcmds. 


76  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,  .„„  Vol.  XXVII. 

1582. 

To  heep  a  paper  hook,  wherein  he  shall  enter  the  day 
and  hour  of  the  receipt  of  such  packets,  agreeing  with 
the  label. 

To  keep  two  or  three  good  horses  in  his  stable,  for  speedy 
conveyance  of  such  packets,  the  person  carrying  such  to 
ride  six  miles  an  hour. 

If  any  of  them  break  these  orders,  it  will  be  to  their 
uttermost  peril. 

With  marginal  note  that  few  or  none  of  them  have  any 
horses  in  their  stable,  but  all  at  grass,  and  very  many  ill 
horses.     [^  page.]  SO  Sept.  1582. 

Oct.  4.  117.  Sir  Henry   Cobliam   to   Sec.  Walsingham.     I  received  the 

Paris.  enclosed  from  Mr.  Paget,  one  of  which  is  directed  to  Her  Majesty. 
I  perceive  by  his  speeches  that  they  have  given  him  to  understand 
he  was  greatly  in  your  favour,  and  so  likely  to  recover  Her 
Majesty's  good  grace,  but  now  disgraced  by  my  letters.  I  am 
wronged  therein,  having  certified  nothing  to  his  prejudice,  save  his 
keeping  company  with  Lord  Percy,  which  I  did  only  to  discharge 
my  duty,  as  the  proceedings  seemed  to  be  noted  to  others.  As  the 
young  Lord  is  a  principal  personage  of  the  realm,  I  was  moved  to 
write  to  you  and  to  my  Lord  Treasurer  thereof,  by  whose  letters 
my  Lord  Percy  was  recommended  to  my  care. 

If  I  had  not  esteemed  it  appertained  to  the  office  of  Her 
Highness's  minister,  I  should  not  have  meddled  therein,  either  for 
gain,  vain-glory,  malice,  or  ambition.  Therefore  pray  let  my  loyal 
and  honest  manner  be  defended  and  not  injured. 

P.S. — I  should  be  glad  if  Mr.  Paget  was  informed  that  I  have  had 
no  sinister  dealing  in  his  matter,  and  that  I  rather  wish  he  were 
restored  to  the  Queen's  favour.  When  I  had  written  thus  much, 
Mr.  Paget  came  to  confer  with  me,  but  I  sent  him  word  that  I 
begged  to  be  excused  ;  that  I  only  spoke  with  him  before  by  Her 
Majesty's  direction,  but  that  if  he  would  write  to  her  or  you,  or 
to  Council,  I  would  see  his  letters  conveyed.     [I  page.]     Enclosing, 

117.  I.  Charles  Paget  to  Sir  Hen.  Gohham,  ambassador  in  France. 
I  sent  you  two  letters  by  my  inan,  who  was  told  by  your 
servant  that  you  would  send  me  an  answer  without  fail, 
ruhich  I  hoped  you  would  have  done,  as  I  so  earnestly 
required  it,  for  that  I  reckon  but  a  connmon  courtesy 
between  gentlemen. 

On  Wednesday  I  took  a  purgation ;  yesterday  I  had  a 
fever ;  and  to-day  the  physician  has  willed  me  not  to  stir 
abroad  until  I  am  assured  what  will  come  of  my  fever ; 
so  that  my  repair  to  you  being  uncertain,  I  have  sent 
my,  servant  with  Her  Majesty's  letter  unsealed,  which, 
when  you  have  perused,  and  my  man  has  sealed,  I 
beseech  you  to  send ;  if  you  add  thereto  any  favourable 
speeches,  I  will  acknowledge  it  to  my  uttermost.  I  know 
in  the  place  that  you  hold,  your  writing  or  speaking  WMy 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  'j'] 


,-oo  Vol.  XXVII. 

do  trie,  good  or  hurt,  cmd  to  hurt  him  that  never  gave  you 
cause  of  offence  would  sound  little  to  your  commendation, 
but  to  do  good  to  him,  that  is  in  adversity  is  the  office  of 
charity.     [|  page.'\  28  Sept.  1582. 

117.  II.  Charles  Paget  to  the  Queen.  If  your  eyes  could  penetrate 
m,y  heart,  you  would  see  my  great  grief  at  your  displeasure 
towards  me,  and  my  great  desire  for  your  favour,  which 
I  have  long  made  appear  to  you  hy  divers  of  your  Council ; 
hut  not  receiving  comfort,  I  presume,  as  the  last  remedy 
left  me,  to  solicit  to  you  my  lamentable  estate,  and  beseech 
the  consideration  thereof,  agreeable  with  your  wonted 
clemency,  and  my  undefiled  loyalty. 

The  declaration  your  ambassador  has  made  to  me  of 
your  pleasure  for  m,y  return  to  England  engenders  in 
me  no  small  trouble.  To  m,ake  an  absolute  refusal  may 
seem  disobedient,  and  augment  your  displeasure.  To 
return,  considering  the  disgrace  T  remain  in  with  you, 
gives  me  fear  that,  either  for  matters  of  religion  or  for 
untrue  informations,  I  shall  receive  such  punishment  as 
may  shorten  my  life,  or  ruin  my  soul. 

I  know  it  is  not  meet  for  the  subject  to  capitulate  with  his 
Sovereign,  hut  by  most  humble  petition  I  desire  your 
gracious  favour  and  liberty  of  conscience  in  religion, 
which  will  procure  my  speedy  return,  to  spend  m,y  living 
and  life  at  your  com/mand.  Pray  receive  this  my  answer 
graciously,  and  retain  me  in  the  number  of  your  faithful 
subjects ;  then  no  favour  of  foreign  prince,  or  stipend  far 
greater  than  my  otvn  small  living,  shall  draw  me  to  their 
service,  but  I  will  live  and  die  your  faithful  subject  and 
servant.     [1  page.]  Paris,  28  Sept.  1582. 

Oct.  G.  118.  E.  Lloyd  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.     I  received  your  letter,  dated 

Angers.  Oatlands,  12  Sept.,  with  Mr.  Stanley's  licence,  for  which  we  thank 
you.  Since  it  is  your  pleasure  that  I  should  send  you  such  letters 
as  Mr.  Stanley  sends  to  the  Earl,  his  father,  I  will  uot  disobey  you, 
for  it  is  a  great  favour  done  to  him.  According  to  your  advice,  we 
travelled  towards  Angers,  where  we  now  are,  taking  Orleans,  Blois^ 
Tours,  Saumur,  and  other  towns  upon  the  Loire.  We  mean  to 
remain  the  winter  here,  and  yet  I  find  it  a  place  out  of  the  way, 
and  little  frequented.  The  Papists  and  those  of  the  religion  accord 
very  well,  and  none  are  compelled  to  come  to  church,  and  yet  the 
place  appointed  for  preaching  is  eight  miles  off.  The  plague  still 
continues  at  Nantes,  and  the  deaths  do  not  cease.  The  people  of  this 
country  are  greatly  addicted  to  the  Spaniard,  for  fear,  if  Monsieur 
should  come  once  to  the  Crown,  that  he  would  alter  the  religion. 
[1  page.] 

Endorsed,  "  From  Mr.  Fludde." 

Oct.  14.         119'  John  de  Critzto  Sec.  Walsingham.     Pardon  my  slackness  in 
Paris.        not  sending  oftener,  as  I  have  spent  some  time  this  summer  in  seeing 


78 


DOMESTIC- 


-ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1582. 


Oct.  21. 

London. 


Oct.  23. 


Oct.  31. 

London. 


Vol.  XXVII. 

fair  houses  about  the  country  here,  some  of  rare  workmanship,  but 
I  trust  to  make  amends  for  all.  Meantime  I  send  two  pieces,  the 
one  of  St.  John,  the  other  a  poetical  story  taken  out  of  Ovid,  where 
Neptune  took  Ccenis  by  the  seaside,  and  having  ravished,  her,  for 
some  amends  changed  her  into  the  form  of  a  man.  Take  this  little 
present  in  good  part.  I  trust  to  send  something  better  next  time,  as 
I  have  a  mind  to  spend  this  winter  in  France,  and  then  by  your  leave 
repair  into  Italy,     [f  page.'] 

120.  M.  du  Russeau  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Thanks  for  your  allow- 
ing me  free  access  and  return.  I  enclose  a  letter  to  M.  Nau,  my 
brother-in-law,  telling  him  of  my  leaving  London.  Thanks  for  your 
having  induced  the  Queen  to  satisfy  the  requests  of  the  Queen  of 
Scots,  my  mistress.  I  recommend  her  to  you,  as  to  one  who  has 
much  credit  in  this  kingdom.     [1  page,  FreTich.] 

121.  Charles  Paget  to  Sir  Henry  Cobham.  Being  advised  by  my 
physicians  to  go  to  Rouen,  as  it  will  agree  better  with  me,  and 
there  I  may  drink  English  beer,  I  shall  shortly  follow  their  advice. 
I  tell  you  hereof,  that  if  you  have  any  occasion  to  use  me  in  Her 
Majesty's  service,  you  may  know  where  to  have  me.  Pray  report 
fayourably  of  this  and  all  my  other  actions. 

P.S. — I  beseech  you  see  the  letter  which  my  man  will  deliver  you 
for  Mr.  Secretary  safely  conveyed.     [^  page.] 

122.  M.  de  Bruraen  to  [Sec.  Walsingham].  I  did  not  send  the 
letters  before,. hoping  to  have  heard  from  Doctor  Baillif,  a  learned 
and  honourable  person,  who  I  hoped  would  greatly  aid  Mons.  le 
Comte  [of  Sussex?],  because  besides  his  good  advice,  he  listens 
patiently.  I  wish  aU  who  treated  my  lord  were  as  easy  to  deal 
with.  I  had  hoped  to  be  able  to  retire  with  honour,  after  the 
decision  of  the  physicians,  but  I  am  obhged  to  take  the  cure,  which 
is  very  difficult  and  tedious ;  and  but  for  the  testimony  you  have 
given  of  me  to  the  Queen  and  the  Court,  I  would  not  have  accepted 
it,  seeing  the  crosses  and  oppositions  I  shall  have  from  those  who 
have  formerly  treated  him.  When  I  begin  the  eradicative  cure,  I 
will  record  my  success. 

I  send  you  three  Uttle  cushions  of  arsenic,  to  be  hung  round  the 
neck,  and  rest  about  the  heart,  as  preservatives  against  the  plague, 
for  you,  Madame,  and  Mademoiselle.  They  have  done  great  good  in 
Italy,  France,  and  Germany.  I  will  send  you  other  medicines,  but 
not  to  be  put  in  the  mouth,  as  they  are  poison. 

I  am  sorry  to  hear  that  M.  Theligin  is  dead  at  Alost.  M.  du  Pleins 
is  Chancellor  of  the  King  of  Navarre,  an  office  he  well  deserves. 
Pray  send  my  letter  to  Mr.  Dale,  about  his  debt  to  M.  Pera,  &c.  If 
you  get  some  ginger  (?)  I  should  like  3  or  4  lbs.  for  experiments. 

Tlie  Earl  of  Sussex  has  a  servant,  Stanton,  an  honest  man,  who 
has  lived  at  Mr.  Wilson's  with  your  servant  Watson,  who  wants 
your  favour  about  a  grant  made  him  by  Her  Majesty.  Pray  expedite 
his  letters. 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  79 


1682.  V°^-  ^^^11- 

Mr.  Young  has  been  so  far  from  exempting  me  from  the  loan,  as 
you  requested,  that  he  has  increased  my  tax  one-half.  He  thinks 
because  I  visit  you  and  other  lords,  I  should  be  taxed  high.  I  know 
there  have  been  deaths  and  bankruptcies,  which  require  an  increase 
on  this  second  collection,  but  it  is  a  manifest  abuse  that  they 
diminish  it  for  some  rich  people,  and  increase  it  for  me  and  those 
who  have  not  solicited  them.  Pray  speak  a  word  to  Mr.  Young  for 
me.     [4  pages,  French.] 

Oct.  123.  Nich.  Wilson  to  See.  Walsingham.     You  will  have  thought 

it  strange  not  to  hear  from  me  since  my  coming  to  France,  but  I 
wrote  by  a  servant  of  my  Lord  Ambassador,  who  was  robbed  on 
the  way.  Think  not  ill  of  my  staying  at  Paris.  I  do  it  by  com- 
mand of  my  uncle,  Sir  Wm.  Winter,  for  my  cousin,  Nicholas  Winter, 
his  son.     [J  page.] 

Nov.  12.  124.  Deposition  of  William  Smith.  While  his  Lordship  was  in 
France,  he  was  visited  by  several  persons  who  brought  him  news; 
viz..  Woodward  and  Taylor,  priests  ;  Mr.  Bridgewater,  a  priest  and 
sometimes  chaplain  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester ;  Mr.  Dallahide,  an  Irish 
priest ;  Messrs.  Deacon,  Flinton,  and  Shelton,  merchants ;  Morgan, 
gentleman  sometime  of  the  chapel ;  Rogers,  a  broker ;  all  of  whom 
resided  in  Eouen,  and  resorted  to  him  twice  or  thrice  a  week. 
He  was  also  frequently  visited  by  Mr.  Throgmorton  from  Pai'is ; 
Mr.  Stourton,  Lord  Stourton's  brother ;  Browne,  Vause,  and  Talbot, 
of  Rouen ;  Polydore  Morgan,  Pound,  and  Figg,  priests  ;  as  also  by 
Mr.  Lee  and  Mr.  Tichbourne,  from  Flanders.  Thomas  Brookes  is 
his  secretary,  and  has  served  him  22  years.  He  intends  going 
shortly  into  the  Low  Countries,  hoping  to  get  some  greater  pension, 
but  it  is  said  he  will  not  be  so  much  welcomed  there  as  he  looks 
for,  as  he  is  thought  to  have  dealt  with  England  to  get  a  living,  by 
means  whereof  it  is  supposed  he  wiU  rather  lose  that  which  he  has 
than  get  more.  The  writer  served  Lord  Copley  in  Rouen  five  and  a 
half  months ;  before  that  lived  nine  years  in  St.  Paul's  Churchyard, 
and  is  well  known  to  Sir  Thos.  [sic]  Walsingham.     [1  page.] 

Nov.  12.  125.  The  Council  to  the  Masters  of  Requests.  As  Beatrice  Lamb, 
Hertford  Castle,  of  Scawby,  CO.  Lincoln,  has  had  order  long  since  for  her  cause  in  the 
Court  of  Requests,  but  will  not  be  satisfied,  and  still  troubles  both 
Her  Majesty  and  us  with  her  continual  clamour,  we  require  you,  in 
Her  Majesty's  name,  not  to  allow  her  to  enter  this  castle,  and  when 
she  next  offers  to  do  so,  to  deliver  her  to  the  constable  of  this 
liberty,  and  command  him  to  convey  her  to  the  next  constable  in  her 
way  homewards,  and  so  from  constable  to  constable,  until  she  arrives 
at  her  dwelling  place,  where  she  is  to  remain.     [1^  pages,  draft.] 

Endorsed,  "  Warrant  for  the  punishment  of  vagrant  persons,  suitors 
without  cause." 

Nov.  14.        126.  Charles  Doyly  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  last  wrote  you  from 

Kouen.        Paris,  saying  I  was  going  to  stay  at  Rouen ;  but  there  I  found  that 

several  houses  near  me  had  a  contagious  disease,  so  I  only  remained  a 


80  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


1582.  ^«^'  ^^^^^- 

fortnight,  and  then  went  to  the  little  town  of  St.  George,  three  leagues 
from  Rouen.  I  was  there  when  Mr.  Gorge  passed  through  Rouen, 
on  his  way  to  England  with  the  packet.  I  went  often  into  Rouen, 
as  much  to  get  news  of  you  as  on  my  own  business  ;  and  three 
weeks  ago,  the  danger  being  over,  I  returned  there.  I  hope  to  stay 
till  Christmas,  and  then  go  to  Paris,  take  leave  of  the  Ambassador, 
and  return  to  London.  I  beg  you  to  allow  me  a  packet  to  bring  me 
to  England,  that  I  may  be  with  you  more  quickly. 

Mr.  Paget  is  come  here  from  Paris,  and  says  that  the  only  way  to 
insinuate  one's-self  with  the  Queen  is  through  you.  The  Cardinal  de 
Bourbon  and  his  nephew  (the  brother  of  the  Prince  of  Cond^)  are 
here  to  establish  the  said  nephew  Abbd  de  St.  Antoine  and  Arch- 
bishop of  Rouen,  as  he  is  already  called.  They  have  made  some 
new  rules  for  the  Church,  and  amongst  others,  that  all  pedagogues 
and  masters  are  to  teach  children  their  prayers  in  French,  that  they 
may  understand  what  they  have  to  say.     [1  page,  French.'] 

Nov.  19.  127.  Robert  Suckling,  mayor,  and  seven  aldermen  of  Norwich,  to 
Norwich.  Thos.  Sackford,  Master  of  Requests.  A  writ  of  Privy  Seal  has  been 
served  upon  John  Suckling,  alderman  of  Norwich,  enjoining  him, 
with  Christian  his  wife,  to  appear  before  you  at  the  suit  of  Thomas 
Cuddon  of  Norwich,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  As  Suckling  is  old 
and  infirm,  not  able  to  travel  in  winter  without  peril  of  life,  and 
his  wife  is  also  of  great  years,  they  have  desired  our  testimony, 
and  pray  to  be  discharged  of  personal  appearance,  and  for  a  commis- 
sion to  take  their  answer.     [1  page,  damaged.'] 

Nov.  21.  128.  Commission  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  Lord  President, 
Hertford  Castle,  and  others  of  the  Council  of  the  North,  the  Earls  of  Shrewsbury  and 
Cumberland,  justices  of  Assize  of  the  North,  Bishops  of  Durham 
and  Carlisle,  &c.,  to  inquire  into  congregations,  conventicles,  riots, 
retainers,  debts  and  debtors,  assemblies  of  more  than  20  persons,  &c. 
contrary  to  statute,  in  the  northern  counties,  and  to  imprison,  fine, 
and  punish  the  same.     [5^  pages,  Latin.]     Annexing, 

128.  I.  Instructions  to  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  President,  and 
the  GouTicil  of  the  North.  The  Queen,  desiring  the  quiet 
and  government  of  the  people  of  the  north  parts  of 
England,  and  the  good  and  speedy  administration  of 
justice  there,  and  intending  to  continue  the  Council  in 
the  North,  has  appointed  him  to  he  Lord  President,  with 
power  and  autho^-ity  to  call  together,  to  assist  him  in  the 
furtherance  of  justice  and  the  punishment  of  evil-doers, 
John  Archbishop  of  York,  George  Earl  of  Shrewsbury, 
George  Earl  of  Cumberland,  the  Bishops  of  Durham  and 
Carlisle  for  the  time  being,  Henry  Lord  Hunsdon  Lord 
Chamberlain,  Henry  Lord  Scrope,  John  Lord  Barcy, 
Lord  Eure,  Cuthbert  Lord  Ogle,  the  two  justices  of  assize 
for  the  time  being,  the  Dean  of  York  for  the  time  being, 
Svr  John  Forster,  Sir  Wm.  Fairfax,  Sir  Wm.  Mallory, 
Sir  Christopher  Hildyard,  Sir  Thos.  Fairfax,  Sir  Fm. 


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Bowes,  Malph  RoJceby  the  elder,  Master  of  Requests,  the 
Dean  of  Durham  for  the  time  being,  Robert  Bowes, 
Laurence  Meeres,  Hum.  Purefoy,  Edw.  Stanhope,  Wm. 
Cardinal,  John  Gibson,  LL.D.,  Robert  Beale,  and  Ralph 
Rokeby,  junr.  With  40  other  instructions,  similar  to 
those  calendared  under  May, 15^4:,  Addenda,  Vol.  XXIII., 
JSfo.  59.     [28|  pages.] 

Dec.  3.  129.  Harris's  answer  to  the  case  in  controversy  between  him  and 

John  Baily,  of  Sarum,  denying  the  accusations  of  Bailey's  paper. 
[1  page.    See  Dom.  Addenda,  Vol.  XXVIII.,  No.  15,  6  June  1583.] 

Dec.  4.  130.  Nicholas  Wilson  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  am  much  bound  to 

Paris,  going  to  you,  and  have  no  way  of  requital,  yet  I  presume  still  to  discharge 
Or  eans.  ^^y  ^y^y_  j^  j^^y  be  said  to  me,  as  a  wise  man  answered  an  impor- 
tunate suitor,  non  opportuTie  uteris  opportuno.  1  do  not  mean  my 
often  writing  since  I  came  into  France,  but  my  often  moving  you, 
after  my  father's  departure,  concerning  Her  Majesty's  goodness 
towards  my  sisters,  whose  poor  estates  is  not  unknown  to  you ;  but 
your  goodness  always  exceeds  our  deserts.  I  have  presumed  to  take 
up  my  next  year's  allowance,  and  am  going  to  Mr.  Grimstone  at 
Orleans,  the  plague  being  at  Angers,  and  strangers  there  commanded 
to  depart.  Considering  that  a  suit  brought  out  of  time  cannot  avail, 
according  to  your  goodness  towards  fatherless  children  put  under 
your  protection,  I  humbly  desire  the  continuance  of  your  favour,  and 
hope  my  industry  here  may  redound,  at  my  coming  home,  to  my 
friends'  comfort  and  my  own  content.     [1  page.] 

[Dec.  16.]  131.  Petition  of  the  Vintners  of  Salisbury  to  the  Council.  We 
have  been  molested  about  the  standard  whereby  wine  is  to  be  sold, 
and  now,  by  your  good  means,  the  opinion  of  all  the  judges,  with  Her 
Majesty's  counsel  at  law,  is  to  be  set  down  touching  the  true  meaning 
of  the  law.  We,  having  been  at  great  charge  in  searching  standards, 
as  also  what  measure  all  Her  Majesty's  gangers  gauge  and  measure  by, 
and  have,  by  such  counsel  as  we  could  retain,  argued  the  case,  which, 
being  so  rare  a  question,  has  not  been  greatly  studied,  and  the  statutes, 
being  somewhat  dark,  are  not  soon  understood.  As  this  matter 
touches  other  cities  generally,  we  pray  that  we  may  not  be  charged 
with  any  more  arguing  of  the  case,  but  rather  some  other  cities,  as 
London  or  Bristol,  from  whom  we  have  received  standards  agreeable 
to  their  measures,  as  also  to  those  of  all  other  places  by  the  sea  coast, 
from  London  to  Southampton  and  Poole,  and  so  to  Bristol,  and  gauged 
by  Her  Majesty's  gaugers,  in  all  haven  towns ;  by  which  gauge  and 
measure  all  wines  are  bought  and  customs  paid,  and  which  agree  with 
the  measures  by  which  wine  is  sold,  from  London  to  Oxford,  and  to 
Bristol,  and  in  all  places  50  miles  round,  and  this  time  out  of  mind. 
If  it  should  be  altered,  Her  Majesty  will  lose  the  custom  of  one  tun 
in  eight,  and  no  wines  can  be  brought  into  this  realm  but  will  all 
be  forfeited,  because  they  must  contain  252  gallons  the  tun,  which 
no  cask  ever  contained  by  the  ale  gallon.  We  ask  licence  to  return 
home,  and  continue  our  accustomed  measures,  until  London  or  Bristol 
have  tried  the  case.    [1  page.  See  Dom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  CLVL,  No.  18.] 


82  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


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Dec.  27.  132.  P.  Hushay  to  Jerome  Farley  alias  Sec.  Walsingham.  Upon 
Tours.  your  faithful  promise  to  use  the  matter  with  secrecy,  I  have  been  bold 
to  embark  dangerously  in  the  Queen  of  Scots'  causes,  but  I  know  into 
whose  hands  I  commit  my  Ufe,  and  therefore  go  on  with  all  assur- 
ance ;  otherwise,  unless  you  be  fully  determined  not  to  communicate 
to  any  person  living,  without  my  consent,  T  must  beg  you  to  com- 
mand me  to  strike  sail  betimes,  before  I  am  brought  into  danger. 

By  means  too  long  to  be  detailed,  1  brought  my  kinsmcm  Morgan 
to  believe  that  I  might  be  ranged  under  that  ensign  where  they 
march,  whom  they  have  persuaded  to  he  neuter,  which  is  the  first 
and  general  hold  they  take  of  such  Englishmen  as  Truel,  who,  under 
pretence  of  providing  for  their  safety,  are  won  from  liberty  of  speech 
in  Parliament,  roundness  in  execution  either  of  public  charges  or 
their  private  duties,  and  especially  heat  in  religion,  as  they  term 
desire  of  reformation.  Whereupon  he  offered  me  all  the  favour  he 
might  show,  viz.,  with  the  Queen  his  mistress,  from  whom,  if  I  would 
have  aid,  he  would  procure  assurance  thereof  So  now  I  have  in- 
sinuated myself  so  as  that  I  am  reputed  by  him  and  her,  and  those 
to  whom  he  brought  me,  as  one  of  her  best  friends  in  England'jyi 
my  sort,  and  so  am  promised  she  shall  acknowledge  me ;  and  by 
that  means  am  got  into  the  second  hand,  which  is  of  those  who, 
knowing  her  innocency  and  right,  the  malice  of  some  in  detracting 
from  either,  &c.,  further  all  that  in  them  lies  her  or  the  King  of 
Scotland's  title,  without  prejudice  to  Her  Majesty. 

I  said  that  my  poor  good  will,  so  far  as  I  might  lawfully  do  it, 
with  a  safe  conscience  and  my  allegiance,  I  would  gladly  offer  her,  but 
that  in  any  other  sort  neither  could  I,  nor  I  knew  would  the  Queen 
of  Scots  demand  it,  which  was  accepted  with  such  gladness  as  I 
perceive  they  hoped  to  make  their  profit  of  me.  Should  I  at  any 
time  ha^/e  intelligence  among  the  third  crew,  I  mean  those  that 
practice  her  liberty  and  ripening  of  her  reign  heiovQ  the  ti/me,  I  can 
never  persuade  myself,  being  assured  they  will  trust  none  therein 
but  right  {traitors  T),  which  neither  to  be  nor  to  dissemhle  to  he 
I  am  resolute,  and  they  find  it  by  me.  Wherefore  in  what  kind 
they  would  presently  use  me,  I  cannot  see,  unless  it  be  in  conveying 
letters,  because  they  speak  so  much  of  my  own  aid,  and  for  that 
they  say  you  deal  hardly  with  her  that  way,  which,  when  we  proceed 
further  in  conference,  shall  appear.  But  it  rests  now  that  you 
should  consider  how  you  may  serve  yourself  of  this  account  of  one 
who  1  find  they  take  the  Queen  of  Scots'  and  their  special  enemy, 
blaming  you  for  your  violence  in  all  pursuits  against  the  Queen 
of  Scot's  cause,  life,  and  liberty,  whereas  others,  viz.,  my  Lord  [of 
Leicester  ?]  they  say,  can  be  cold  enough,  and  content  to  let  pass 
many  things,  whose  example  they  think  you  should  rather  follow. 
Herein  I  stood  somewhat  with  him,  putting  him  in  mind  that  what- 
soever you  advised,  for  the  most  part  his  will  must  be  done ;  as  I 
made  appear,  by  sundry  reasons  and  examples,  that  the  Queen  of 
Scots  was  wrapped  in  these  miseries  before  you  had  dealings ;  and 
tliat  you  found  them  as  my  letters  left  them,  that  was  such  as  lie 
had  made  them,  if  they  were  evil ;  and  such  as  it  pleased  the  Queen 


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1582.  ^°^-  ^^^I- 

they  should  continue,  -whom  you  would  follow,  wherewith  he  was 
satisfied.  But  I  observe  that  they  hold  great  opinion  of  fny  Lord's 
partiality  that  way,  which  if  it  be,  under  Benedicite  be  it  spoken, 
I  think  it  hard  dealing  thus  cunningly  to  divert  the  hatred  of 
these  actions  upon  you,  whereof  he  himself  was  the  author,  and 
as  long  as  it  pleaseth  the  Queen,  will,  I  am  sure,  continue ;  but  if 
you  will  advise  how  in  this  forwardness  I  may  further  serve  you, 
in  which  I  persuade  myself  I  shall  truly  serve  God  and  my  country, 
you  know  I  am  bound  to  you,  having  chosen  you  for  my  lantern 
in  this  course  of  life,  and  am  only  yours. 

I  have  been  somewhat  curious  in  the  ciphers,  as  it  has  to  pass 
so  long  a  way  through  many  dangers,  and  the  bearer,  finding  favour 
at  your  hands,  wiU  be  the  more  willing  to  stand  me  in  stead  from 
time  to  time.  \^\  pages.  The  'passages  in  italics  are  in  cipher, 
partially  and  imperfectly  deciphered.] 

Dec.  31.  138.  Patent  reciting  that  Sir  John  Fettyplace,  of  Kesilsleigh,  co. 
Windsor  Castle.  Berks,  cousin  and  heir  of  Lady  Katherine  Englefield,  deceased,  wife 
of  Sir  Francis  Englefield,  on  31  Oct.  1580,  granted  to  the  Queen 
Ockholt,  alias  Norris,  alias  Fettyplace  manor  and  other  lands,  parish 
of  Bray,  co.  Berks,  wldch  had  belonged  to  Sir  Thos.  Fettyplace,  father 
of  Lady  Englefield,  by  an  indenture,  reciting  that  on  9  Dec.  1579, 
for  a  fine  of  2001.,  Her  Majesty  had  granted  to  the  said  Sir  John 
Fettyplace  the  said  lands, — in  her  hands  through  the  forfeiture  of 
Sir  Francis  Englefield,  who  had  left  the  country  and  lived  abroad, — 
reserving  minerals  and  advowsons,  and  a  rent  of  81.  Bs.  2d. ;  and 
granting  the  said  lands  to  Basil,  son  of  Sir  John  Fettyplace,  for  ever 
in  free  soccage,  on  rent  of  71.  5s.  7^d.,  and  customary  services,  and 
81.  3s.  2d.  on  account  of  the  statute  against  fugitives.  [20  sheets, 
Latin.  With  note,  28  Jime  1684!,  by  Jo.  Warburton,  certifying 
that  this  is  a  copy  from  the  original  grant.] 


1582? 


134.  Petition  of  Griffin  Floyd  to  Sir  Christopher  Hatton,  Captain 
of  the  Guard,  Vice-Chamberlain,  and  one  of  the  Privy  Council. 
Was  page  to  the  deceased  Marquis  [of  Northampton  ?],  since  which 
he  has  resided  in  the  country,  but  now  being  destitute,  desires  to 
be  taken  into  his  service.  The  Marchioness  would  have  written  on 
his  behalf  had  she  not  lately  preferred  one  unto  him.     [^  page.] 

135.  Petition  of  Nich.  Martin,  of  Guernsey,  to  Sec.  Walsingham, 
that  his  cause  may  be  heard.  In  5  Eliz.,  many  lands  in  Guernsey 
lying  waste  because  no  good  estate  could  be  granted  therein,  a 
commission  was  issued  to  Fraa.  Chamberlain,  then  governor,  and 
others,  to  grant  or  demise  the  same.  They  made  grants  accordingly 
on  great  fines,  and  lands  have  been  turned  to  good  use.  Petitioner 
had  a  grant  of  a  mill  in  St.  Andrew's  parish,  fine,  20^.,  and  has  dis- 
bursed 1001.  in  rebuilding  it,  yet  some  persons  have  obtained  a  new 
grant  thereof,  overthrowing  his,  through  some  nice  conceit  in  law. 
Entreats  leave  to  retain  his  grant,  paying  rent  and  fee-farm,  and 
stay  of  the  new  patent  till  the  matter  be  heard,  [h  sheet.  En- 
dorsed with  notes  on  the  dispatch  of  letters,  cfec] 


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Vol.  XXVII. 

136.  Petition  of  William  Marchant,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Mar- 
chant  of  Guernsey,  deceased,  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Fras.  Chamber 
lain,  late  captain  of  the  island,  and  Thos.  Carew,  by  Her  Majesty's 
commission,  19  years  ago,  sold  his  father  for  80^.  the  high  mill  in 
St.  Peter's  port,  in  fee-farm,  which  he  repaired  at  great  charges. 
Being  an  infant  on  his  father's  death,  the  officers  of  the  island  put 
him  from  the  mill,  and  have  lately  passed  it  to  Peter  Carew,  although 
other  such  sales  are  quietly  enjoyed.  Begs  an  order  thereon,  being 
unable  to  recover  the  mill  by  suit  in  the  island,  because  it  was  put 
from  him  by  the  Queen's  officer.     [^  page.'] 

137.  Note  of  the  conduct  money  of  700  men,  at  ^d.  per  mile,  and 
their  conductors  at  4c?.,  100  each  from  cos.  Worcester,  Gloucester, 
Nottingham,  Leicester,  Northampton,  Bucks,  and  Herts,  to  Berwick. 
Total,  including  the  carriage  of  letters,  34:71.  15s.     [1^  pages.'j 


Vol.  XXVIII.    1583,  1584. 

X  Ooo* 

Jan.  12.  1.  Sir  F.  Walsingham  to  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General, 
WJKcisnr.  Mr,  Recorder,  Mr.  Norton,  and  Mr.  Hamond.  Articles  have  been 
exhibited  to  Council  by  Sir  Thomas  Leighton,  and  certain  deputies 
from  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of  Guernsey,  impugning  the  claims  made 
by  one  Carteret,  a  gentleman  of  Jersey,  on  a  patent  which  he  has 
for  the  island  of  Sark,  which  they  pretend  are  not  in  the  patent. 
You  are  to  examine  the  patents  of  both  parties,  and  certify  what 
right  is  due  to  either  of  them,  and  mediate  an  accord.  Since  the 
patent  to  Carteret's  father,  orders  have  been  made  for  government 
of  the  isle,  without  consent  of  Sir  T.  Leighton  and  the  bailiff,  &c. 
of  Guernsey,  at  which  they  are  aggrieved.  You  must  advise  some 
form  of  government  to  content  the  parties.     [1  page.] 

Jan.  18.  2.  Notes  delivered  by  the  Earl  of  Oxford  that  Lord  Henry 
[Howard]  ought  to  be  asked  how  he  came  to  the  intelligence  that 
ambassadors  would  come  from  France,  Spain,  and  other  places,  to 
assist  the  King  of  Scots'  ambassador  in  the  demand  of  his  mother; 
and  that  this  was  determined  among  them  on  the  other  side.  Chas. 
Arundel  and  Henry  [Howard]  have  been  great  searchers  into  Her 
Majesty's  wealth,  and  have  had  intelligence  of  all  her  receipts  from 
courts  of  law,  customs,  subsidies,  privy  seals,  and  fifteenths,  since 
she  came  to  the  Crown ;  also  the  helps  made  by  gatherings  for 
building  Paul's  steeple,  the  lotteries,  and  from  the  clergy,  and  by 
forfeits,  by  attainders  or  otherwise  ;  and  also  what  pensions  out  of 
bishops'  livings  and  gifts  she  has  bestowed,  and  what  charges  she 
was  at  in  her  household  ;  in  reparations  to  her  houses  and  castles ; 
in  the  charges  of  the  wars  of  Leith  and  Newhaven,  and  in  petty 
journeys  in  Ireland  and  Scotland,  and  during  the  rebellion. 

Charles  should  be  asked  why  he  sent  Pike  to  La  Motte,  and  who  it 
was  that  went  into  Spain,  and  vhether  Pike  went  there,  although 
he  assuredly  remained  while  the  others  carried  letters  from  La  Motte, 
and  brought  others  back,  with  a  recompense  from  the  King,  where- 
upon Pike  returned  with  an  answer  to  Charles  Arundel,  who  helps 


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1583. 


Jan. 

Carlisle. 


Feb.  23. 

The  Temple. 


Feb.  24. 

The  Temple. 


Feb. 


March  11. 
The  Savoy. 


Vol.  XXVni. 

him  to  a  man-iage  ;  but  whether  the  fellow  brought  bis  master  some 
assurance  and  reward  from  the  King  is  not  known. 

He  lives  to  himself,  and  gives  no  more  attendance,  to  colour  his 
cause,  as  I  guess,  but  carries  on  some  notable  practice,  which  he 
has  put  into  other  hands.  He  has  since  borne  a  zealous  mind  more 
than  covertly  to  the  mass. 

They  have  often  declared,  the  last  four  or  five  years,  what  increase 
of  souls  have  been  made  to  their  Church,  in  every  shire  throughout 
the  realm ;  who  were  theirs,  and  who  not,  which  is  all  loQown 
by  certain  secret  gatherings  for  the  relief  of  those  beyond  seas, 
wherein  there  be  notes  of  every  household.     [1^  pages.] 

3.  Christ.  Dacre  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  You  will  receive  letters 
from  the  Lords  here  to  the  Council,  touching  some  cause  wherein, 
for  duty's  sake  and  goodwill  to  my  country,  I  have  had  some 
dealing.  I  remember  you  only  of  their  letters,  with  a  commission 
from  the  Lord  Chancellor,  which  is  required  touching  that  matter ; 
great  expedition  is  needful.     [^  page.] 

4.  Attorney  General  Popham  and  Solicitor  General  Egerton  to 
Sir  Francis  Walsingham.  We  have  considered  the  note  you  sent  us 
concerning  a  cause  of  appeal  by  Andrew  Harris,  on  a  sentence  given 
against  him  for  Dennis  Rous  of  Guernsey,  and  return  it  with  our 
opinions  thereon,     [i  page.} 

5.  Attorney  General  Popham  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  Solicitor 
General,  and  I,  and  the  rest  have  examined  the  matter  between 
Mr.  Carteret  and.  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  in  presence  of  Carteret's 
counsel,  and  of  the  procurator  for  Guernsey,  and  have  reduced  the 
case  to  an  end  as  well  as  we  could ;  and  neither  party  disliking 
thereof,  have  subscribed  the  articles  agreed  on,  which  I  send  you, 
with  the  letter  and  articles  you  sent  us.     [1  page.] 

6.  Ealph  Eure  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Your  advice  and  direction 
in  my  first  journey  out  of  England,  with  your  favourable  letter  and 
other  courtesies,  have  bound  me  to  your  devotion.  I  therefore 
crave  your  direction  in  bestowing  the  rest  of  my  time  limited  in 
Her  Majesty's  licence.  Impute  my  earnest  desire  to  know  your  will 
to  the  danger  of  this  time,  which  is  known  to  you.  Neither  in  Italy 
nor  any  where  else  will  I  betake  myself  without  your  assent.  If 
it  please  Her  Majesty  to  employ  me  in  service,  I  am  ready  to  serve, 
with  the  loss  of  life  and  all  I  have.     [1  page.] 

7.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  con- 
sidered of  the  choice  of  commissioners  for  the  Borders,  and  to  those 
nominated  by  their  Lordships  I  have  added  others  whom  I  think  fit, 
leaving  the  allowance  of  them  to  their  Lordships'  consideration. 
The  bearer  will  declare  why  I  chose  these  persons,  [f  page.] 
Enclosing, 

7.  I.  List  of  li  noblemen  and  gentlemen  appointed  CoTnmis- 
sioners  of  the  Council  in  the  Worth  by  the  Privy  Council, 
and  of  10  gentlemen  suggested  to  be  added  by  the  Lord 
President  [Earl  of  Huntingdon],    f  1  page.] 


86 


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1583. 
March  13. 

Paris. 


March  16. 
Paris. 


March  28. 
Bouen. 


April  17. 

Chester. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

8.  Thomas  Phelippes  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Having  arrived  at 
Paris,  my  first  thing  is  to  pay  my  duty  to  you,  which  since  my  de- 
parture from  Bourges,  whence  in  August  I  went  to  Santerre,  I  have 
been  forced  to  neglect,  because  of  the  plague  which  reigned  in 
every  corner  of  those  parts,  the  extreme  foul  weather  all  this 
winter,  &c.  I  kept  myself  close  in  places  of  small  bruits,  longer 
perhaps  than  the  ofiice  of  a  dutiful  servant  required,  but  I  think  it 
needless  to  use  many  words  in  excuse  ;  these  lines  are  only  to  mention 
my  return,  that  if  either  here  or  at  home  my  poor  service  may  stand 
you  in  stead,  you  may  command  me,  as  one  that  is  the  principal 
author  of  the  countenance  which  I  receive  of  well  doing.     [1  page.l 

9.  Charles  Doyly  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  yours  for 
Mr.  Paget,  who  has  returned  an  answer  with  a  token.  His  only 
felicity  in  his  solitary  life  is  seeing  your  great  goodwill  towards 
him,  without  which  he  has  no  hope  to  attain  his'  suit;  he  greatly 
desires  licence  of  Her  Majesty  during  pleasure,  and  hopes  you  will 
further  him  in  it.  At  his  request  I  have  made  so  bold  as  to  trouble 
you  therein.  I  request  your  leave  to  go  to  Geneva  this  spring,  where 
I  will  spend  my  time  till  my  return,  if  meantime  you  have  no  other 
service  for  me.     [I  page.^ 

10.  Sir  Thomas  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Although  by  a 
letter  from  Mr.  Heron,  9  Feb.,  I  deferred  my  journey,  returned 
hither,  and  hourly  expect  Her  Majesty's  resolution  touching  me, 
yet  the  bearer.  Painter  the  post,  coming  to  know  if  I  would  write 
by  him,  I  could  not  let  him  pass  without  some  lines  to  you.  I  be- 
seech 5'ou  to  get  some  end  to  that  long  suit  of  mine,  for  you  know 
spes  qucB  differtur  affligit  ardmam.  If  Her  Majesty  knew  how 
faithfully  I  mean  to  serve  her,  she,  restoring  my  living,  would  not 
show  such  difficulty  in  using  clemency  towards  me.  Fourteen 
years  is  a  long  time  for  a  man  to  be  kept  from  his  own,  without 
any  offence  against  Her  Majesty.  For  the  love  of  God,  let  that 
extremity  by  your  good  means  have  some  end;  let  me  not  be 
driven  to  desperation.  I  trust,  by  your  favourable  handling  the 
matter,  I  shall  yet  be  so  graciously  reconciled  to  her  favour,  though 
the  delays  have  been  great,  that  I  shaU  have  cause  as  weU  to  run 
through  thick  and  thin  for  her  service.  If  the  thing  be  not  already 
concluded,  tell  me  by  next  post  where  the  difficulty  rests,  and  I  will 
send  such  answer  by  my  servant  Brooke  as  I  will  give  Her  Majesty 
and  you  good  satisfaction.     [1  page.] 

11.  William  Bishop  of  Chester  to  Dr.  Dale  and  Thos.  Seckford, 
Masters  of  Bequests.  I  called  the  parties  before  me  last  assizes,  but 
could  not  get  them  to  agree  ;  the  one  would  not  part  with  the  land, 
nor  the  other  accept  of  any  consideration ;  and  as  neither  Mr.  Jus- 
tice nor  Mr.  Thelwall  could  attend,  by  reason  of  their  weighty 
business  left  at  the  last,  and  these  assizes,  the  poor  man  is  in  a 
worse  case  than  before.  If  you  will  take  the  matter  into  your 
own  hands,  or  join  with  me  some  other  commissioners  resident  in 
this  county,  I  wiU  do  my  best  to  quiet  the  parties,  one  way  or  the 
other.    [I  page,  damaged.] 


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1583. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


April  25.  12.  Sir  Thomas  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Upon  perusing  an  ac- 
Rouen.  count  lately  sent  of  my  wife's  poor  portion,  I  find  it  much  diminished 
by  the  charges  of  my  long  suit,  and  my  friend  tired  with  following 
it,  and  almost  in  despair  of  success  ;  so  I  send  over  the  bearer  to 
beseech  you  to  finish  it.  Not  three  days  since,  a  schedule  of 
20  pistolets  a  month  more  of  entertainment  were  sent  to  me,  with- 
out any  solicitation,  whereby  I  perceive  that  others  abroad  are  as 
loath  to  lose  me  as  my  own  country  is  careless  to  keep  me.  Though 
I  acknowledge  this  to  come  from  the  hand  of  God,  qui  oieminem 
deserit  nisi  prius  deseratur,  yet  I  advertise  you,  that  you  may 
understand  that  these  favours  forcibly  draw  me  against  my  natural 
bias,  which  inclines  more  to  the  service  of  my  own  natural  Sovereign 
and  country  than  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  if  I  might  but 
enjoy  my  own.  If  my  whole  revenue  be  more  than  Her  Majesty 
is  willing  to  part  with,  obtain  me  a  lease  at  a  reasonable  rent^  so 
that  T  may  let  and  set  my  land,  which  is  going  to  decay,  the 
old  leases  being  long  since  expired,  and  the  farmers,  loosed  from  all 
covenants,  neither  looking  to  repairing  the  houses,  inclosing  the 
grounds,  nor  preserving  the  woods,  and  not  daring  to  seek  any 
new  lease  of  the  Queen,  whose  title  is  uncertain,  nor  of  me,  for  fear 
of  disturbance  by  the  Queen.  If  by  your  favour,  Her  Majesty's 
resolution  might  be  obtained  before  the  Lady-day  rents  are  col- 
lected to  her  use,  I  would  bestow  every  penny  upon  some  fair 
presents  which  I  would  make  her  and  my  friends  there,  to  show 
my  thankful  mind ;  but  now  I  have  but  from  hand  to  mouth,  and 
cannot  do  as  I  would.  There  are  more  causes  why  I  desire  to  be 
reconciled  to  Her  Majesty  than  I  may  yet  utter,  while,  by  want  of 
means  to  live,  I  am  bound  truly  to  serve  them  by  whom  I  live. 
m  pages.] 

May  18.  13.  Sir  Thomas  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  By  letters  from 
Rouen.  Tournay,  I  perceive  the  good  Prince  of  Parma  granted  my  son 
William,  seven  days  after  his  repair  thither,  15  crowns  a  month 
maintenance,  but  the  licence  for  me  to  remain  here  another  year, 
which  I  sent  him  to  sue  for,  he  cannot  obtain,  so  that  I  must 
return  with  speed.  Thus  you  see  how  I  am  forced  to  obey  such 
Princes  as  feed  me  and  mine  abroad,  while  my  own  is  detained 
from  me  at  home ;  yet  better  is  it  here  to  enjoy  liberty,  though  with 
some  lack  of  living,  than  at  home  to  have  living  with  want  of 
liberty  ;  nay  of  both,  as  the  matter  is  now  handled,  by  exacting  the 
201.  a  month,  if  it  be  true. 

I  tremble  to  think  what  consequences  such  hard  dealing  is  like 
to  breed,  but  I  will  not  presume  to  see  further  into  the  matter 
than  you  and  other  grave  heads  of  Her  Majesty's  council.  I  pray 
God  to  direct  aU  your  counsels  to  His  honour,  Her  Majesty's  service, 
and  the  quiet  of  the  realm ;  but  I  crave  that  I  may  not  go  back 
without  some  fruit  of  my  quiet  liviEg  in  this  country  these  three 
years,  continually  sueing  for  grace  at  home,  and  drawn  forth  in 
daily  expectation  thereof 


88 


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J  583. 


May  20. 
Jersey. 


May  29. 

The  Court. 


May. 


June  5. 
Greenwich. 


June  6. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

My  daughter  of  Eteves  has  come  to  a  house  of  her  husband's 
seven  leagues  on  this  side  Mounts,  and  near  the  French  frontiers, 
with  hope  to  obtain  her  mother's,  company  and  help  at  her  delivery 
of  her  fourth  child.,  the  middle  of  next  month.  It  would  grieve  me, 
at  my  return  into  those  parts,  that  my  friends  should  reproach  me 
with  having  lost  all  this  time,  contrary  to  the  advice  of  most  of 
them,  who  thought  I  deceived  myself  in  hoping  any  good  from 
thence,  except  I  would  go  home,  which  I  dare  not  do  for  fear  of 
Norrice,  the  pursuivant,  and  such  like  mates,  at  whose  mercy  I 
would  be  loth  to  stand.  It  is  better  to  sue  for  grace  here  than  at 
home  in  a  dungeon.  Vestigia  vne  terrent ;  I  hear  of  many  who 
go  thither,  and  come  no  more  back.  Fear  keeps  me  abroad,  and 
not  guilt  of  any  crime,  or  wiU  to  commit  any  against  my  Sovereign 
or  country.  The  bearer,  my  servant,  is  sent  to  give  life  to  my  suit. 
Let  me  have  the  comfort  of  a  letter,  to  know  my  fate.  I  hope  to 
receive  satisfaction,  not  only  from  foreign  parts,  biit  from  home, 
and  to  perceive  that  charity  is  not  clean  extinct  there,  and  rigour 
resolved  upon  for  the  only  stay  of  the  State  ;  which  if  it  be,  God 
help  :  for  innumerable  experiences  have  taught  that  to  be  the  most 
brittle  and  unsure.    Nullum  violentum  diuturnum.     [1^  pages.] 

14  Philip  de  Carteret  to  Sir  Francis  Walsingham.  Thanks  for 
your  favours,  without  which  the  difference  between  me  and  Sir 
Thomas  Leighton  would  lead  me  to  sell  and  quit  all,  or  to  be  in 
continual  trouble.  I  hope  that  the  future  state  of  Sark  will  be 
provided  for  at  the  coming  of  Sir  Amias  Paulet,  and  that  I  and  the 
rest  of  the  inhabitants  may  possess  our  own  in  peace.  [1  page, 
French.] 

15.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  the  Masters  of  Eequests.  Hugh  Beston 
being  indebted  to  Dorothy  Downes  alias  Powell,  late  wife  and 
executrix  of  Lawrence  Downes,  and  she  having  lain  in  prison  these 
17  weeks  under  an  execution  for  debt,  and  having  condemned 
Beston  by  course  of  law,  he,  knowing  her  disability,  has  brought  a 
suit  in  your  Court  to  stay  her  proceedings,  to  which  she  has  answered 
on  oath,  wherein  the  truth  of  the  case  may  evidently  appear. 
Kegarding  the  poverty  of  the  poor  woman,  pray  dismiss  her  to  her 
lawful  recovery  of  her  just  debt,  unless  it  is  proved  why  dismission 
shall  not  be  granted.     [^  page.] 

16.  Note  of  stores  supplied  by  the  Office  of  Ordnance  for  the  island 
of  Jersey ;  total  charge,  2931.  12s.  2d.,  besides  carriage ;  with  note 
of  powder  delivered  in  1573  to  1577.     [If  ^a^'es.] 

Commission  by  the  Queen  to  Sir  Jerome  Bowes,  to  be  her  am- 
bassador to  John  Basilius  [Iwan  Basilowitz],  Emperor  of  Russia. 
[Latvn,  copy.  Dom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  OXOVI.,pp.  130,  131.  Printed  in 
Hakluyt,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  513,  514.] 

17.  Accusations  of  John  Bailey  of  Sarum  against  Andrew  Harris 
of  Guernsey.    That  Harris  sold  him,  20  Nov.  1577,  divers  houses  in 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


89 


1583. 


June  7. 
The  Court. 


June  9. 
The  Court. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

Sarum  for  210Z..  Harris  entered  into  a  statute  merchant  of  400Z.,  to 
be  paid  to  Nich.  Hill  of  Sarum  to  Bailey's  use,  and  should  afterwards 
have  entered  into  a  like  to  Bailey,  on  which  the  former  was  to  have 
been  void,  but  did  not,  and  therefore  the  statute  is  forfeited. 

That  part  of  the  houses  sold  to  Bailey  are  detained  from  him,  in 
behalf  of  Leonard  Parry,  who  married  Harris's  sister.  That  Harris 
has  leased  part  of  them  for  21  years,  since  he  sold  them  to  Bailey. 
That  Harris's  statute  to  Bailey  being  forfeited,  he  (Bailey)  has  sent 
several  times  to  Guernsey  for  execution  of  it  on  Harris's  lands,  but 
been  delayed  by  Harris's  untrue  pretences  to  the  magistrates  there. 
[1  page.] 

18.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Thos.  Seckford  and  Dr.  Dale,  Masters  of 
Requests.  The  bearer,  Robert  Moore  of  Southampton,  in  April  last, 
obtained  Her  Majesty's  protection  for  a  year,  but  his  creditors,  not- 
withstanding, have  proceeded  against  him  in  the  Common  [Pleas] 
and  some  other  Courts  ;  pray  help  him  by  an  injunction  to  inhibit 
his  adversaries,  and  the  processes  depending  against  him  in  other 
Courts,  during  the  time  of  his  protection.     [^  page-] 

1 9.  Sir  Chris.  Hatton  to  the  Masters  of  Requests.  Ursula  Warde 
of  Northampton,  a  poor  widow,  has  complained  in  that  Court  con- 
cerning the  wrongful  detaining  of  her  dower,  and  other  injuries  to 
her  and  her  brother,  Hen.  Bull,  by  Rich,  and  Wm.  Warde,  men 
of  evil  disposition.  Pray  consider  her  great  necessity,  and  her 
dwelling  being  distant  from  the  city,  admit  her  to  sue  in  forma 
pauperis,  and  enjoin  the  parties  not  to  proceed  further  in  Her 
Majesty's  Bench,  until  the  cause  has  been  tried  before  you.    [|  page.] 

June  17.  20.  Francis  Earl  of  Bedford  to  Dr.  Dale,  Master  of  Requests. 
Bedford  House.  A  cause  is  depending  before  you  between  the  bearer,  Stephen 
Fulwell,  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Jewel  House,  and  John  Wood,  for 
the  title  of  the  parsonage  bi  Icklington,  held  of  Windsor  College. 
As  Fulwell  is  my  ancient  friend,  and  an  honest  man,  I  recommend 
him  to  your  favour.     [J  page.] 

July  8.  21.  Sir  Thomas  Copley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     Thanks  for  your 

Kouen.  letter.  I  lament  that  your  favour  with  Her  Majesty,  which  has 
pleasured  so  many,  should  not  be  able  to  do  me  any  good,  but 
heartily  thank  you  for  your  goodwill.  The  hearts  of  princes  are  in 
God's  hands ;  He  permits  them  to  be  hardened,  and  makes  them  to 
relent,  as  His  Providence  sees  will  be  most  for  His  glory.  The 
errors  of  my  youth  towards  Him,  not  any  offence  against  Her 
Highness,  has  deserved  this.  When  these  in  His  sight  shall  be 
sufficiently  corrected.  He  will  incUne  Her  Majesty  to  extend  also 
to  me  her  natural  clemency.  Till  then  T  must  graze  where  I  am 
tied,  and  return  to  the  service  of  that  good  King  who  feeds  me. 

The  reasons  which  Mr.  Heron  has  delivered  to  persuade  my  stay 
here  are  weighty,  but  being  but  words,  and  accompanied  with  no 
deeds,  as  I  expected,  they  are  all  answered  in  one  word,  which  is. 


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1583. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


necessity.  Venter  non  habet  aures.  No  reason  can  persuade  a  man  to 
starve  himself,  and  I  have  word  sent  me  that  I  should  spend  no  more 
Spanish  crowns  in  France,  nor  have  one  penny  of  relief  more  out  of 
Flanders,  except  I  return  thither ;  so  having  no  relief  from  home,  nor 
in  hope  of  any  more  from  the  Prince  of  Parma  without  returning  to 
my  place  about  his  person,  necessity  forces  me  so  to  do.  Never- 
theless, I  shall  not  be  there  any  further  from  Her  Majesty,  either  in 
person  or  in  dutiful  heart,  than  I  am  here  ;  for  St.  Omer,  where  I 
now  think  to  stay  with  my  wife  and  my  household,  until  Bourges 
or  Antwerp  be  reduced  to  obedience,  is  as  near  to  England  as  Rouen, 
and  as  soon  may  I  receive  joyful  news  from  you  there  as  here,  if  God 
sends  any ;  I  see  so  little  hope  of  good  from  home,  that  in  my  prin- 
cipal suit  for  restitution  of  my  living,  with  Her  Majesty's  licence  to 
remain  abroad,  I  mean  not  to  trouble  you  any  further,  but  trust  so 
to  pass  my  exile  that  you  may  favour  me  in  things  of  less  weight. 
[1  page.] 
15831 

July  1  22.  Suggestions  by  Christ.  Dacre,  for  furnishing  the  "West  Borders 

with  armour,  archers,  shot,  &c.,  for  their  better  defence  : — 

That  Her  Majesty,  by  some  device  of  the  Lord  Chancellor  and 
Privy  Council,  should  be  induced  to  issue  a  commission  to  Lord 
Scrope,  Lord  Warden  of  the  West  Marches,  the  Bishop  of  Carlisle, 
and  the  sheriff  and  justices  of  peace  of  Cumberland  and  Westmore- 
land, to  take  the  examinations  of  any  inhabitants  against  whom 
informations  shall  be  exhibited  upon  the  statute  of  33  Hen.  VIII. 
touching  the  maintenance  of  artillery,  and  dealing  in  unlawful 
games ;  also  upon  the  statute  of  4  &  5  Phil.  &  Mary,  touching  the 
maintenance  of  horse,  armour,  and  weapons. 

That  the  commissioners  be  authorised  to  compound  with  all 
offenders  who  submit,  touching  what  by  the  said  statutes  is  due 
to  Her  Majesty  and  the  informers,  having  respect  to  the  reform- 
ing of  the  defaults,  and  to  the  ability  of  the  offenders,  so  that  the 
service  in  other  respects  be  not  hindered. 

That  they  be  authorised  to  appoint  persons  to  take  up  and  dis- 
burse, for  defence  of  the  Borders,  the  sums  by  such  composition 
due  to  Her  Majesty,  taking  the  collectors'  bonds,-  and  giving  bonds 
to  the  Queen  to  account  for  them. 

That  according  to  a  clause  in  the  statute  of  4  &  5  Phil.  &  Mary, 
the  commissioners  be  authorised  to  appoint  what  arms  and  weapons 
shall  be  found  and  maintained  by  all  such  within  the  said  counties 
as  are  not  charged  by  the  said  statute. 

That  as  such  good  purposes  require  some  time,  the  said  commis- 
sion continue  during  pleasure.     []  f  pages.] 
1583. 
July  21.        23.  The  Council  to  the  Commissioners  for  the  Borders.     In  last 
Greenwich,    session  of  Parliament,    upon  information   that   the  forces  of  the 
Borders,  both  horse  and  foot,  were  decayed,  and  likely  to  grow 
weaker  by  decay  of  sundry  habitations, — whereof  some  were  rather 
employed  to  the  pasturing  of  cattle  than  to  the  maintenance  of  men 


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of  service,  and  some  so  diminished  by  division  that  not  one  present 
of  them  was  able  to  keep  a  man  of  service, — it  was  solicited  that 
Her  Majestywould  address  her  commission  to  fit  persons,  to  examine 
the  causes  of  those  decays,  and  wants  and  evil  furniture  of  horse 
and  foot,  and  redress  them.  As  Her  Majesty  has  directed  such  a 
commission  to  you,  we  signify  to  you  that  her  pleasure  is  that,  for 
the  first  time  after  you  have  taken  the  oath  required  by  the  statute, 
you  shall  only  make  inquiry  by  jury  or  otherwise  of  articles 
collected  out  of  the  said  statute,  and  contained  in  a  schedule  en- 
closed; and  before  you  proceed  to  the  execution  of  the  statute, 
send  us  your  opinion  concerning  certain  articles  therein  contained, 
that  you  may  receive  Her  Majesty's  resolution  and  proceed  accord- 
ingly ;  wherein  we  pray  you  to  use  care  and  diligence. 

In  case  there  be  any  scruple  made  about  the  execution  of  the  com- 
mission in  the  county  palatine  of  Durham,  seeing  it  is  provided  by  sta- 
tute that  the  like  should  be  observed  in  this  case  as  was  appointed  by 
another  like  statute  of  3  Phil.  &  Mary, — when  it  was  ordained  that 
upon  sight  of  the  commission  under  the  Great  Seal,  the  Chancellor  or 
such  other  as  should  have  the  custody  of  the  seals  of  the  said 
bishopric  should  make  another  commission  under  the  seal  of  the 
county  palatine,  of  the  same  tenor  and  to  the  same  commissioners, — 
that  no  delay  may  happen,  we  require  you,  the  bishop  of  Durham, 
if  needful,  to  direct  such  a  commission,  and  we  have  also  ordered 
Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  duchy  of  Lancaster  to  send  down  the  like 
commission,  under  the  seal  of  the  duchy,  to  be  used  if  occasion  shall 
require.  Use  all  expedition  in  returning  your  answers.  [If  pages, 
copy.] 

[July.]  Account  of  the  hearse,  paU,  cloth  of  state,  &c.,  provided  for  the 

funeral  of  Edm.  Grindal,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who  died 
Saturday,  6  July  1583.  With  note  that  the  executors  compounded 
with  Garter  king  at  arms  for  100^.,  for  all  fees,  hearse,  and  liveries. 
[Dom.  Gorresp.,  James  L,  Vol.  LXXXIX.,  No.  7,  p.  76.] 

Aug.  10.  24.  Grant  to  Sir  James  Crofts,  Comptroller  of  the  Household,  for 
four  years,  of  power  by  himself,  deputies,  or  executors,  &c.  to  search, 
try,  and  find  out  lands,  tenements,  parsonages,  tithes,  advowsons, 
leases,  &e.,  which  by  attainder,  forfeiture,  escheat,  conviction,  &c. 
ought  to  appertain  to  Her  Majesty,  and  are  now  concealed  or 
detained. 

Also  to  compound  with  any  person  or  body  politic  who  shall 
enjoy  such  premises,  for  all  rents  and  profits  due,  as  also  for  grants 
and  confirmations  to  be  made  by  Her  Majesty  to  such  her  subjects. 
Sir  James  Croft  to  have  the  money  or  other  consideration  rising 
by  such  compositions,  &c.  without  account. 

Upon  every  such  grant,  ratification,  or  confirmation,  there  shall 
be  reserved  to  Her  Majesty  so  much  rent  as  the  premises  shall  be 
rated  at  by  former  records,  or  as  shall  be  certified  by  special  inqui- 
sition, or  other  record ;  with  particulars  of  reservations  to  be  made 
from  premises  passing  in  fee  simple,  and  by  compositions  with  or 


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jggg  Vol.  XXVni. 

grants  to  strangers  ;  houses  and  premises  ■within  three  miles  of  any 
of  Her  Majesty's  residences  not  to  be  compounded  for  without  leave 
of  the  Lord  Treasurer  and  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.  Orders  for 
passing  grants  and  the  fines  thereon ;  viewing  and  copying  of 
records,  issuing  commissions,  and  allowing  processes,  plaints,  and 
pleas.     [2|  pages,  abstract^ 

Endorsed  with  a  query,  date  1588,  as  to  who  is  owner  of  Shelton 
manor  in  Marston  and  Wotton,  lately  belonging  to  Eich.  West, 
and  statement  that  in  Tittengh anger,  Burston,  and  Park,  co.  Herts, 
there  are  1 40  acres  of  land,  6  acres  of  meadow,  35  of  pasture,  10  of 
wood,  and  8c?.  in  rent,  and  other  lands  at  St.  Albans,  which  were 
entailed  by  Thos.  West  to  Eichard,  his  son,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife. 
29  Oct.  5  Hen.  VIIL 

Aug.  11.  25.  The  Council  to  the  Commissioners  on  the  Borders.  Her 
The  Court,  Majesty — having  sent  you  her  commission  to  inquire  of  the  decays 
Oatlands.  ^^  ^j^^  castles,  fortresses,  &c.  upon  the  Borders,  according  to  the 
statute  made  2  &  3  Phil.  &  Mary,  revived  in  the  last  session  of 
Parliament, — wishes  that  before  any  reparations  are  made,  you  should 
send  a  certificate  of  your  surveys,  and  receive  directions  for  your 
further  proceeding.  You  are  first  to  survey  and  inquire  by  jury 
of  the  ruin  and  decays  of  the  old  castles  in  cos.  Northumberland, 
Cumberland,  Westmoreland,  and  the  Bishopric  of  Durham,  where 
you,  the  Lord  Bishop,  especially,  if  cause  require,  shall  give  out  a 
commission,  under  the  seal  of  your  county  palatine,  to  the  commis- 
sioners mentioned  in  Her  Majesty's  commission,  agreeable  with  the 
latter. 

You  shall  be  informed  how  and  by  whom  they  have  been  decayed, 
and  how  many  of  them  are  necessary  for  defence  of  the  Borders, 
and  estimate  the  charges,  and  certify  by  whom  they  are  to  be 
borne. 

You  may  also  survey  and  inquire  what  parts  of  the  said  counties 
and  bishopric  are  most  apt  to  be  enclosed  and  converted  to  tillage, 
or  how  the  same  may  be  converted,  for  the  better  strength  of  the 
Borders,  with  the  good  liking  of  the  inhabitants  and  owners,  and 
send  a  perfect  certificate  of  all  particulars  aforesaid,  \vhen  we  will 
consider  and  give  directions  therein.  We  enclose  a  writ  of  dedvmus 
potestatem,  whereby  you  may  receive  the  oath  required  by  statute,  ' 
before  you  proceed  to  the  execution  of  the  said  commission. 
[1|  pages,  copy.] 

25.  I.  Statement  of  the  principal  points  which  the  Commissioners 
for  fortifying  the  Borders  are  directed  to  inquire  imto, 
viz : — 

What  tenements  and  houses,  since  27  Hen.  VIIL, 
are  decayed,  and  not  occupied  by  men  able  to  serve  as 
horse  or  footmen,  and  where  they  are  situated  ? 

What  are  the  causes  of  those  decays,  and  of  the  wants 
and  evil  furniture  of  horse  a/ad  foot,  and  what  number 
of  the  latter  existed  in  former  times  ? 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA, .  ELIZABETH.  93 


1583. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

Where  they  find  such  defects  or  default  of  furniture, 
they  are  to  treat  with  the  landlords  and  others  whom, 
it  concern,  that  order  may  he  given  thereon. 

Where  anything  is  to  he  done  to  the  furtherance  of 
this  service  on  Her  Majesty^s  oiun  lands,  they  are  to 
certify  to  the  Lord  Treasurer,  Chancellor,  and  Barons 
of  the  Exchequer,  the  state  of  the  decays,  names  of  the 
tenants  or  farmers,  and  what  rents  are  payable  to  Her 
Majesty,  whereon  order  will  he  given  for  reformation. 

They  are  also  to  summon  the  sheriffs,  bailiffs,  stewards, 
&c.  before  them,  and  to  execute  their  command. 

They  shall  also  inquire  what  landlords  and  owners 
upon  the  Borders  have,  for  more  gain  than  they  could 
have  of  natural  subjects,  let  their  lands  or  feedings  to 
Scotchman,  and  what  increase  of  rent  or  service  such 
Scotchmen  yield,  and  how  many  of  them  are  denizens. 
[1  page.] 

25.  II.  Special  points  to  he  inquired  of  by  the  Commissioners, 
viz. : — 

Whether  the  default  of  the  ruin  and  decays  has 
been  only  in  the  landlords  and  owner's,  or  their 
principal  officers,  and  the  farmers  of  Her  Majesty's 
manors;  and  whether  they  can  rectify  and  repair; 
at  their  own  charge,  and  restore  the  lands  as  they 
were  occupied  in  27  Henry  VIII.  ? 

What  penalties'  they  think  should  he  set  upon 
default  ? 

Hov)  order  may  he  taken  between  the  Lords  and  the 
tenants,  by  mutual  consent,  for  renewing  the  ancient 
services  ? 

What  help  they  think  the  Lords  and  others  under 
them,  and  Her  Majesty's  farmers  and  their  assigns, 
Tnay  be  enjoined  to  give,  upon  default  found  ? 

How  the  tenant  may  be  furnished  and  able  for 
service,  and  how  the  duty  can  he  continued  and 
executed  ? 

What  bonds  are  fit  to  be  taken  for  the  performance 
hereof,  and  what  fines  assessed  and  pains  set  down,  for 
defaults  or  want  of  furniture  ? 

If  the  unableness  have  grown  by  the  tenants'  own 
default,  within  what  time  they  may  be  enjoined  to 
furnish  themselves  with  horse,  armour,  and  weapons, 
or  ^vith  the  two  latter,  according  to  their  ancient 
usage,  at  their  own  cha/rge  ? 

What  inconvenience  may  arise  by  expelling  any 
such  tenants,  and  placing  others  who  will  furnish  for 
the  service  ? 

In  default  of  placing  such  a  tenant  within  a  month, 
or  certifying  the  same  to  the  Commissioners  or  War- 


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1583.  VO..XXVIIL 

deTis,  what  Jme  ought  to  he  assessed  wpon  the  landlord, 
(Mid  what  inconvenience  may  arise  by  placing  such 
new  tenants  by  the  Commissioners  a/nd  Wardens,  if 
such  can  be  found,  and  what  jme  ought  to  be  assess^ 
on  the  Lords  a/nd  others,  to  find  such  if  possible  ? 

Where  the  under-tenants  have  been  the  cause  of  such 
decay,  how  they  may  be  compelled  to  contribute  towards 
the  re-edifying  or  repairing  of  the  tenements,  and  help 
to  the  furniture  of  the  party  decayed  ? 

What  landlords  and  others  having  estates  under 
them,  to  be  charged  towards  the  said  contributions, 
are  absent,  and  if  they  should  not  appear  upon 
summons,  what  lands  and  tenements  (hey  have  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  said  Commissioners,  to  satisfy 
what  may  be  im,posed  upon  them  ?    [If  pages.^ 

26.  III.  List  of  14  Commissioners  appointed  for  the  East  Marches, 
of  12  for  the  Middle  and  12  for  the  West;  also  of  four 
who  are  to  join  the  nv/mber  upon  renewing  the  Commis- 
sion.   [1^  pages.~\ 

25.  IV.  List  of  seven  castles  in  the  East,  Middle,  a/nd  West  Marches 
and  fronting  upon  the  Borders,  in  the  hands  of  the 
Queen,  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  and  Sir  Simon  Musgrave. 

Aug.  12.  26.  Sir  Valentine  Browne  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  wish  your 
Hoggesdon.  journey  prosperous,  and  so  write  that  you  may  understand  the 
matters,  and  make  a  better  report  on  your  return.  Therefore, — 
not  dealing  with  the  behaviour  of  the  people  who  will  resort  to  you 
after  you  have  passed  the  Tyne,  or  before,  nor  their  long  speeches, 
tending  to  the  praise  of  themselves  and  their  great  services  to  the 
realm,  I  mean  of  those  parts  on  this  side  Scotland, — I  crave,  for  the 
good  of  Her  Majesty  and  our  country,  that  in  your  passage  or 
returning,  you  will  visit  Newcastle  and  Her  Majesty's  house  there, 
with  the  river  and  the  fort  standing  upon  the  mouth  of  the  haven, 
which  was  called  Tynemouth  Abbey,  and  so  along  the  sea  coast ; 
where,  besides  the  castles  of  Alnwick  and  Warkworth,  belonging  to 
the  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  other  houses  of  gentlemen  kept  in 
good  repair,  you  will  see  the  great  and  ruinous  castles  of  Dunstan- 
borough  and  Bamborough,  with  the  towns  adjoining,  that  were  of 
great  receipts  for  Her  Majesty's  forces  in  my  time,  but  now  laid 
waste  for  sheep  and  husbandry,  and  the  people  clean  driven  away 
that  should  have  been  succours  to  such  as  might  be  placed  there. 
I  do  not  mention  the  towns  and  villages  by  the  west  from  the  sea, 
likewise  laid  waste  for  profit  of  cattle,  where  the  armies  have  had 
victuals  and  lodging,  but  which  is  now  as  dear  there  as  any  from 
foreign  parts. 

These  parts  are  little  out  of  your  highway  to  Berwick,  where  of 
courtesy  they  will  show  themselves  to  the  uttermost,  and  in  better 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


95 


1583.  Vol.  XXVm. 

order  than,  when  time  may  be  required,  they  be  able,  and  yet  the  con- 
sideration of  the  place  itself,  and  that  which  shall  be  in  the  best  part 
brought  to  you,  must  induce  you  to  a  good  understanding  thereof. 

West  of  Berwick,  four  miles,  is  Norham  castle,  with  a  proper 
town,  which  was  until  lately  in  the  Bishop  of  Durham's  hands,  and 
was  kept  by  a  captain  and  crew,  with  a  good  family  of  strength, 
and  the  town  well  peopled,  and  always  able  to  serve  the  Queen  and 
Warden  with  40  good  horsemen,  and  as  many  more  footmen  ;  but 
all  now  left  to  husbandry  of  hinds,  for  the  most  part  Scottish  lowns. 
In  like  estate  is  Etal  castle,  with  the  manor  and  town,  five  miles 
from  Norham,  both  which  were  houses  and  towns  well  peopled, 
and  able  to  receive  the  Lord  Warden  and  1,000  persons,  but  now 
not  able  to  lodge  and  victual  200  men.  As  these  are,  so  are  many 
other  towns  and  villages  on  the  Borders,  far  out  of  your  way,  being 
all  in  the  keeping  of  those  countrymen  that  would  have  cried  out 
of  the  decay  of  the  Borders,  if  themselves  had  not  had  the  govern- 
ment of  the  same,  in  which  number,  if  the  Governor  of  Berwick  had 
had  not  well  weighed  the  sequel  of  the  rule  of  those  countrymen, 
Berwick  itself  might  have  been  accounted.  Nevertheless,  those 
countrymen  be  both  wise,  able,  and  stout  men,  so  long  as  they  be 
governed  by  others  that  are  not  allied  to  their  affections,  I  will 
make  a  plan  of  the  device  spoken  of  at  Barnelms  by  the  time  of 
your  return,  and  serve  you  in  any  other  way  you  shall  demand, 
[li  pages.] 

Aug.  26.  27.  The  Queen  to  the  Bishops  of  London,  Peterborough,  Lincoln, 
WhitehaU.  Norwich,  Sarum,  and  Gloucester.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Canterbury  having  by  our  permission  elected  John  [Whitgift] 
Bishop  of  Worcester  to  the  archbishopric  vacant  by  the  death  of 
Edm.  Grindal,  we  require  you  to  confirm  him  in  the  said  office,  and 
to  do  all  that  belongs  to  the  pastoral  office  therein.  Interlined  with 
notes  of  a  similar  letter  from  James  I.  to  the  Bishops  of  Durham, 
Eochester,  St.  David's,  Chester,  Chichester,  and  Ely,  for  the  confir- 
mation of  Eichard  [Bancroft]  Bishop  of  London,  on  the  death  of 
John  Whitgift.     [2^  pages,  Latin.] 

Aug.  31.  28.  Oath  taken  by  George  Poulett  on  his  admission  to  the  office 
of  bailiff  of  the  isle  of  Jersey,  before  Sir  Amias  Paulet,  captain  and 
governor,  and  10  jurats  of  the  island,  to  maintain  the  rights  of 
Queen  and  Church,  execute  justice,  obey  the  captain,  &c.  [If  pages, 
French.] 


29.  Eobert  Earl  of  Leicester  to  the  Queen.     Thanks  for 
gracious  remembrance  sent  by  Mr.  Cotton.     Your  poor  eyes 


your 
*  has 


no  other  way  but  by  prayer  to  offer  for  recompense,  and  that  is 
that  God  will  long,  safely,  healthfully,  and  most  happily  preserve 
you  here  among  us,  and  as  He  hath  begun,  so  to  continue  in  dis- 
covering and  overthrowing  all  unloyal  hearts  towards  you.     Surely 


*  A  pair  of  eyes  sketched  instead  of  the  word. 


96  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1583? 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


this  His  providence  already  towards  you  is  marvellous,  and  no  less 
token  of  His  goodness  is  it  in  showing  again  the  multitude  of  good 
hearts  that  are  most  faithfully  borne  Your  Majesty,  for  I  hear  already 
not  only  of  the  marvellous  mislike  of  those  that  have  offended  you, 
with  open  cryings  out  against  them,  but  such  care  and  such  praying 
for  your  preservation,  I  think,  was  never  more  heard  of  for  any 
Prince.  This  is  the  goodness  of  God,  my  sweet  lady,  that  hath 
thus  saved  you  against  so  many  devils.  You  may  see  what  it  is  to 
cleave  unto  Him ;  He  rewardeth  beyond  all  deserts,  and  so  is  it  daily 
seen  how  He  payeth  those  that  be  dissemblers  with  Him.  Who 
ever,  of  any  Prince,  stood  so  nakedly  assisted  of  worldly  help  as 
Your  Majesty  has  done  these  many  years  ?  Who  has  had  more 
enemies  in  show,  and  yet  who  ever  received  less  harm  ?  This  it  is 
when  a  just  cause  is  simply  and  innocently  defended.  Your  Majesty 
only  has  been  the  maintainer  and  setter  foi-th  of  any  prince  Christian 
and  His  true  religion  against  all  policy  and  counsel  of  man.  Yet 
you  see  how  He  has  served  and  kept  you  thereby.  God  grant  you 
ever  to  cleave  fast  thereto  ;  I  will  never  doubt  His  defending  you, 
and  overthrowing  all  mischievous  devices  against  you.  I  have  too 
boldly  troubled  you  thus  far,  but  your  wonted  goodness,  to  your 
eyes'*  only  joy  and  comfort,  makes  them  keep  the  old  manner. 
Pray  receive  the  bearer  into  that  blessed  service  which  he  only 
lives  by  the  hope  of,  and  you  will  have  a  faithful,  honest,  and 
diligent  servant.  You  want  for  number,  I  know,  and  needful  it  is 
to  make  choice  of  such.  [1  page.'] 
1583. 
Sept.  22.  30.  Eeport  of  Eichard  Musgrave,  of  Carlisle,  gent.  Two  years  next 
Durham.  October,  Capt.  Ramsey,  with  Turner,  Grame,  John  Austen,  and  other 
Scotchmen,  brought  a  ship  into  the  haven  at  Kirkcudbright,  and 
there  made  open  sale  and  mart  of  wool,  &c.,  wherewith  the  ship 
was  laden,  to  Wm.  Stuart,  brother  to  the  Earl  of  Arran,  and  other 
Scotchmen,  who  re-sold  the  same  to  Richard  Maxwell,  cousin  to  the 
now  Earl  of  Morton,  and  other  Scots,  who,  in  exchange,  sold  and 
delivered  some  of  the  said  wares  to  certain  Englishmen,  as  well  in 
England  as  Scotland,  they  paying  the  usual  customs  and  duties 
[I  page.] 

Sept.  ?  31.  Petition    of  Richard  Musgrave,   of   Carlisle,   gent.,  to  Sec. 

Walsingham.  It  appears,  by  letters  from  the  Council  to  Lord  Scrope, 
that  information  has  been  given  to  them  by  Thomas  Wilson,  that 
petitioner  and  others  withhold  the  goods  of  certain  merchant 
strangers,  taken  from  them  by  pirates,  and  landed  in  these  north 
parts,  whereupon  order  was  given  to  Lord  Scrope  to  cause  good 
bonds  to  be  taken  of  petitioner  and  others,  for  their  appearance 
before  Council  10  October.  Is  innocent  of  meddling  with  any  such 
goods,  or  of  receiving  any  gain  thereby ;  is  like  to  be  put  to  great 
charges  and  trouble  by  this  information,  unless  Council  orders  stay 
of  his  appearance.  That  Council  may  be  assured  that  neither  pirates 
nor  their  ships  and  goods  have  Veen  landed  within  the  West  War- 

*  A  pair  of  eyes  sketched  instead  of  the  word. 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  97 


jggg  Vol.  XXVIII. 

denry  under  Lord  Scrope's  charge,  within  these  seven  years,  it  has 
been  certified  to  this  effect  to  Lord  Scrope  by  the  principal  gentle- 
men of  the  country,  and  the  justices  of  peace  dwelling  near  to 
the  sea  coast,  as  by  their  testimonial,  signed  by  them,  will  appear. 
[1  page.] 

[Septi]  32.  Certificate  by  Sir  Hen.  Gate,  Knight,  Thos.  Bojmton,  John 

Jenkins,  receiver  of  co.  York,  and  Hugh  Bethell,  surveyor  of  the 
East  Riding  of  York,  to  the  Council,  as  well  of  the  state  of  the 
lands  and  possessions  granted  by  Edward  VI.  to  the  mayor  and 
burgesses  of  Kingston-upon-HuU,  as  also  of  the  castle  and  block- 
houses standing  upon  Drypool  Side.  Particulars  of  the  manors 
of  Kingston-upon-HuU  and  Sutton,  in  Holderness, — formerly  parcel 
of  the  possessions  of  Sir  Wm.  Sydney,  but  exchanged  by  him, — 
and  of  the  manors  of  Tupcotes  and  Myton,  their  annual  value, 
&c. ;  also  estimate  of  the  amount  and  cost  of  timber,  bricks,  lime, 
sand,  and  workmanship  which  will  be  required  for  the  repair  of 
the  castle,  forts,  and  blockhouses  there  ;  total,  6Q91.  12s.  [3  sheets.'] 
Annexing, 

32.  I.  Note  that  the  onayor  and  burgesses  of  Kingston-upon-Hull, 
from  Michaelmas  1576  U7itil  Michaelmas  1583,  have 
defrayed,  in  keeping  and  repairing  the  castle,  block- 
houses, and  waterworks  there,  624?.  6s.  10s.,  and  for 
gunpowder,  1701. ;  total,  794Z.  6s.  IQd. ;  towards  which 
charge  they  have  an  allowance  of  501.  per  annum, 
amounting  in  those  years  to  S501.,  so  that  they^  have  in 
that  time  defrayed  444(.  6s.  lOd  more  than  their  allow- 
ance.   [^  pcige.] 

Oct.  14.  33.  Ambrose  Earl  of  Warwick  to  the  Masters  of  Bequests.  There 
The  Court,  are  actions  depending  before  you  between  my  servant  Edw.  Skuls, 
and  Edw.  Owen,  surgeons,  for  grievance  in  their  profession ;  and  as 
this  Owen  is  a  busybody,  and  has  long  sought  to  discredit  my  man, 
I  desire  you  to  have  my  man  considered  for  the  slanderous  reports 
and  hindrance  committed  by  Owen  against  him.  I  should  be  sorry 
to  see  him  too  much,  overborne,  and  for  his  skill  and  judgment  in 
that  part  of  surgery  which  he  professes,  I  dare  aifirm  he  is  inferior 
but  to  a  few,  as  both  myself  and  others  of  greater  knowledge  in 
the  profession  have  tried.     [|  page.] 

Oct.  16.  34.  Sir  Edward  Stafford  [Ambassador  at  Paris],  to  Sec.  Walsing- 
Paris.  ham.  Knowing  that  you  encourage  such  as  employ  themselves  to 
serve  the  Queen  and  country,  I  commend  the  bearer,  Mr.  Eure, 
Lord  Eure's  son  and  heir,  to  your  favour,  as  his  manifold  virtues 
deserve,  of  which  I  have  often  been  informed  by  Sir  Henry  Cobhara 
and  others,  gentlemen  of  good  credit  with  you.  During  my  short 
abode  here,  he  has  not  failed  in  any  point  of  duty  or  courtesy  to 
me ;  and  in  consideration  of  the  place  which  I  hold,  I  could  not 
but  yield  a  just  and  true  testimony  of  him  to  you.  [i  page, 
unsigned.] 


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lOOd. 

Oct.  16.  35.  Sir  Edward  Stafford  to  the  Queen.  The  bearer  hereof,  son 
Paris.  of  Lord  Eure,  being  about  to  return  home  with  Sir  Henry  Cobham, 
my  predecessor  in  this  place,  and  having  desired  me  to  recommend 
him  to  you,  I  do  so,  though  his  own  virtues,  when  you  shall  know 
them,  will  recommend  him  a  great  deal  more  than  I  can  ;  yet  it  is 
my  duty,  serving  you  in  this  place,  to  be  witness  to  all  honest  gentle- 
men of  the  good  report  I  hear  of  their  good  behaviour  and  toward- 
liness  to  serve  you,  and  I  have  heard  no  better  of  any  that  have 
been  on  this  side  the  sea ;  when  you  have  seen  and  spoken  with 
him,  and  felt  what  is  in  him,  which  you  can  better  judge  of  than 
numbers  that  can  better  judge  than  I,  I  shall  receive  shame  of 
nothing  but  of  writing  too  little.     [|  page,  unsigned^] 

Oct.  22.  36.  Ralph  Eure  to  Sec.  Walsiagham.  I  have  in  part  followed 
Paris.  your  directions,  and  in  the  rest  not  willingly  offended ;  for  being  in 
a  part  of  Germany  but  for  a  while,  I  was  greatly  distempered  with 
the  diet  and  air ;  and  thus,  discouraged  to  pass  farther,  I  ventured, 
contrary  to  your  pleasure,  to  leave  Strasburgh,  passing  by  Pfalz- 
burgh,  Ixburgh,  Augsburgh,  and  thence  entered  Italy  by  Trent ; 
thence  to  Venice,  where  I  rested  three  weeks,  and  returned  by 
Padua,  Mantua,  Cremona,  Parma,  Chionas,  and  Turin,  and  so  to 
Lyons,  and  thence  to  Paris.  Now  I  desire  to  return  with  Sir  Hen. 
Cobham,  present  my  service  to  Her  Majesty, — if  she  should  think  me 
worthy, — reverence  you,  and  serve  my  father,  whose  old  years  desire 
rest  and  ease  of  pain.  Pardon  my  disobeying  your  pleasure,  and  my 
boldness  in  troubling  you  herewith,  and  vouchsafe  your  favour 
towards  me  as  I  may  deserve.     [1  page."] 

Oct.  26.  37.  William  Cecil  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  written  many 
Paris.  letters  to  my  Mends  and  relatives,  without  sending  to  tell  you  of 
my  progress  in  the  French  language,  but  now  my  grandfather  and 
father  wish  me  to  do  so.  In  considering  my  incapacity,  pray  re- 
member the  proverb  that,  "one  cannot  be  born  an  expert  and 
perfect  workman."     [^  p(ige.] 

Oct.  27.  38.  "  Ensuit  les  loix,  coustumes  et  usages  de  I'lsle  de  Guemezey, 
differentes  du  coutumier  de  Normandie  d'anciennet^  observdes  en  la 
dite  isle,  redigdes  et  mises  [en]  escrit  par  noble  homme  Sire  Thomas 
Leighton,  chevalier,  capitaine,  garde,  et  gouverneur  en  la  dite  isle  et 
forteresses  en  iceUe,  soubs  nostre  Souveraine  Dame  Elizabeth,  par  la 
grace  de  Dieu,  Royne  d'Angleterre,  France,  et  Hirlande,  ddffenseur  de 
la  foy,  et  M.  Thomas  Wigmore,  baillif  en  la  dite  isle,  Jean  Blondel, 
Nicolas  de  Saumarez,  Nicolas  de  Mesurier,  Nicolas  Careye,  Jean  De 
la  Court,  GuiUaume  Beauvoir,  Thomas  Blondel,  Edouard  le  Feyvre, 
Andrd  Henry,  et  Jean  Andrd,  jurez  de  la  Cour  Royalle  en  la  dite  isle, 
et  de. Louis  de  Vicq,  comme  procureur  de  sa  Majesty,  suivant  le  com- 
mandement  de  Messeigneurs  du  tr^s  honorable  Privd  ConseU  de  sa 
Majestd,  port(?  par  leurs  ordres  faistes  h  Richmond,  le  9  jour  d'Octobre, 
I'an  mille  cinq  cent  octante  k  Grenwich,  le  30^^  Juillet  1581,  achev^ 
le  22  de  May  1682,  et  du  regne  de  sa  Majesty  24."    "With  note  that 


DOMESTIC-— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  99 

1683.  Vol.  XXVIII. 

they  were  read  and  approved  in  Council,  27  Oct.  1583,  with  reserva- 
tion of  the  right  of  the  Crown  to  add  to  or  change  them,  and  of  aU 
the  profits  and  prerogatives  of  the  Crown ;  signed  Thos.  Wilkes. 
\Book  of  33  wntten  pages,  and  two  blank  leaves  ;  headed  by  Si/r  J 
W%llm'mson,  "  Transcribed  from  an  authentic  copy,  lent  the  Covmcil 
board,  1677,  by  'K  K,  sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  island,  in  a  areen 
s%lk  appendant."} 

Oct.  27.  39.  Another  copy  of  the  same  document,  followed  by  an  account  of 
the  customs  due  to  Her  Majesty  on  exports  and  imports  in  Guernsey, 
from  the  inhabitants  and  from  strangers  ;  anchorage,  6s.  8d.  to  4<d. 
a  vessel ;  customs  on  leather,  wool,  cattle,  fish,  &c.  Every  person 
pays  3d.  yearly  for  being  a  fisherman,  but  the  inhabitants  pay  no 
tax  for  fish  landed  in  the  island,  or  in  Holland,  on  their  own  account 
iBook  of  23i  pages.} 

Oct.  31.  40.  J.  Delacourt,  H.  Beauvoir,  and  J.  Effard,  commissioners 
Jersey.  between  Peryn  and  Du  Maresq,  to  Council.  Upon  a  bill  of  com- 
plaint exhibited  to  the  Queen  by  Hugh  Peryn  of  Jersey,  against 
John  du  Maresq,  then  bailifi;  and  the  jurats  of  Jersey,  you  com- 
missioned six  persons,  three  of  Jersey  and  three  of  Guernsey,  to 
examine  the  case  and  make  compositions.  On  this  two  of  them  (the 
third  being  ill)  repaired  to  Jersey,  and  remained  from  15  May  to  7 
July  1582,  when  the  harvest  approaching,  we  left  till  summoned  to 
a-eturn.  Meanwhile  Peter  de  la  Rocke,  first  commissioner,  died  ;  no 
fresh  meeting  was  summoned  till  last  September,  when  we  repaired 
to  the  island,  have  remained  a  month,  but  cannot  bring  to  pass  a 
good  agreement.  We  therefore  send  an  account  of  the  controversy, 
and  all  papers  relating  thereto,  and  a  report  of  what  has  passed,  but 
our  Jersey  colleagues  refuse  to  subscribe  it.     [2  pages.} 

Oct.  ?  41.  Eobert  Earl  of  Leicester  to  the  Queen.     Thanks  for  your 

great  grace  and  favour  to  your  poor  eyes,*  by  your  oft  and  most 
comfortable  messengers,  which  hath  brought  best  help  and  remedy 
to  your  old  patient,  that  always  has  from  that  holy  hand  been 
relieved.  I  have  no  more  to  offer  again  but  that  which  is  already 
my  bond  and  duty — the  body  and  life,  to  be  as  ready  to  yield 
sacrifice  for  your  service  as  it  has  from  you  received  all  good  things, 
[I  page.} 

Nov.  5.  42.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Thos.  Seckford  and  Dr.  Dale,  Masters  of 

St.  James's,  the  Court  of  Requests.  I  desire  you  to  forbear  to  commit  Webb, 
guardian  of  Geo.  Rowle,  to  the  Fleet,  for  disobeying  an  injunction  of 
your  Court,  wherein  he  pretends  to  be  guiltless,  until  the  cause  has 
received  further  trial.  For  the  better  relief  as  well  of  the  stranger 
as  of  the  widow  now  in  prison,  I  have  devised  that  the  matter 
should  be  arbitrated  by  four  gentlemen,  and  had  named  Mr.  Ashley 
and  Mr.  Randolph  for  him,  being  his  friends,  and  left  the  widow  to  ■ 
choose  two  others ;  but  now  I  understand  that  Ste.  Cecilia  refuses 


*  Expressed  ty  the  symbol  of  a  pair  of  eyes. 

G  2 


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Vol.  XXVIII. 
iooo. 

to  yield  to  that,  and  seeks  rather  to  carry  the  matter  by  ex- 
tremity. Considering  that  your  Court  is  a  court  of  conscience, 
appointed  to  mitigate  the  rigour  of  proceeding  in  law,  I  hope  you 
will  use  authority  to  reduce  the  said  party  to  yield  to  this  order ; 
and  in  case  he  cannot  be  brought  into  it,  that  you  will  refer  the 
cause  to  be  tried  at  common  law.     [1  page.^ 

Dec.  2.  43.  Sir  Edw.  Stafford  to  Lord  Burghley.     I  have  written  so  at 

Paris.  large  to  Mr.  Secretary  and  Her  Majesty,  of  the  sudden  arrival  to  my 
house  of  Lord  Paget  and  Charles  Arundel,  that  I  need  not  trouble 
you ;  besides  I  take  it  that  Lord  Paget  has  written  to  you  himself ; 
meantime,  until  I  hear  Her  Majesty's  pleasure,  I  have  desired  them 
to  forbear  coming  to  me,  and  to  use  such  company  that  it  may  be 
seen  they  have  come  but  for  their  consciences,  and  not  for  any  guilt, 
which  they  assured  me  they  would  do.  Be  a  means  that  I  may 
know  the  course  Her  Majesty  will  have  me  hold  with  them,  and  all 
others  that  shall  come  as  in  their  case,  of  whom  I  am  afraid  there 
will  be  a  great  many.     [|  page.l 

Dec.  2.  44.  Sir  Edw.  Stafford  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     After  I  had  delivered 

Paris.  my  letters  to  Painter  the  post,  my  Lord  Paget,  with  Charles  Paget 
and  Charles  Arundel,  suddenly  entered  my  dining  chamber,  before 
any  one  was  aware  of  it,  and  Lord  Paget  says  they  came  away 
for  their  consciences,  and  for  fear,  having  enemies ;  that  it  was 
given  out  by  the  traitorous  Somerfield  that  there  was  to  be  a  hard 
hand  over  all  papists,  and  that  they  would  have  been  hardly  dealt 
with.  They  also  told  me,  and  of  which  I  have  written  at  large  to 
Her  Majesty,  that  for  all  tilings  but  their  conscience,  they  would 
live  as  dutifully  as  any  in  the  world  ;  and  that,  as  I  wished,  they 
would  either  remain  with  me,  or  at  my  appointment,  or  else  refrain 
any  company  I  should  forbid.  I  answered  that  their  coming  away 
at  this  time  might  give  cause  to  their  enemies  to  suspect  their  con- 
sciences were  not  clear,  but  that  notwithstanding,  I  would  report 
their  speeches  to  Her  Majesty;  and  I  desired  them  to  forbear  calling 
until  I  received  her  commands  as  to  the  course  I  was  to  pursue 
with  them,  and  others  in  a  like  case,  of  whom  I  am  afraid  we  shall 
have  a  good  many.     [1  page.l 

Dec.  6.  45.  William  Pariy  to  Sec.  Walsingham.      If  I,  or  any  by  my 

Paris.  means,  have  pleasured  Mr.  Unton,  I  shall  be  glad,  as  I  shall  be 
always  ready  to  obey  you.  When  you  have  read  these,  send  them 
to  Dr.  Ca3sar,  to  be  laid  up  in  my  desk.  I  would  be  glad  to  hear 
that  so  honest  a  gentleman  as  he  were  advanced  to  some  living  by 
your  favour.  I  receive  few  letters  from  him  wherein  he  does  not 
speak  of  his  affection  towards  you.  For  myself,  I  begin  to  despair 
of  better  fortune,  my  state, — besides  my  wife's  portion,  which  I  will 
,  not  impair, — being  brought  to  201.  in  land.  Fiat  voluntas  Dei,  to 
whom  I  commit  you.     [1  page.] 

Dec.  17.        46.  William  Parry  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  am  sorry  to  hear  of 

Paris.        Her  Majesty's  disquietness  at  home,  and  that  it  is  increased  by  the 

departure  of  Lord  Paget  and  Charles  Arundel,  and  to  be  continued. 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  101 


jggg  Vol.  XXVIIL 

if  all  be  true  I  hear,  by  many  like  and  more  dangerous  examples, 
though  I  know  not  who  they  should  be.  I  know  these  matters 
to  be  sufficiently  advertised  by  the  Lord  Ambassador.  I  have  no 
news  to  send,  save  that  I  have  taken  a  degree  in  law,  and  hope  to  be 
in  England  shortly,  and  make  an  end  of  this  unpleasant  travel. 
I  have  sent  you  the  newest  book  I  could  find  for  a  remembrance. 
[1  page.] 

Dec.  18.  47.  William  Parry  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  If  my  Lord  Paget  and 
Paris.  Charles  Arundel  had  not  given  Her  Majesty's  Ambassador  a  true 
account  of  the  manner  and  cause  of  their  departure  without  licence, 
I  would  have  advertised  you  of  my  opinion  by  the  last  post ;  but 
since  the  same  can  be  no  other  than  comes  from  my  Lord  Ambas- 
sador, and  is  already  vowed  by  Lord  Paget  under  his  hand,  and 
now  by  Mr.  Arundel  under  his,  I  can  only  say  that  I  am  sorry  that 
this  example,  long  discontinued,  should  be  renewed  by  men  of  their 
sort.  They  do  not  complain  of  Her  Majesty's  government,  but  that, 
oppressed  by  their  country,  they  must  either  leave  it,  or  abide  and 
suffer  more  disgrace  than  they  were  able  to  bear.  This  they  say 
they  swear  and  stand  upon.  They  commend  you  for  as  real  a 
gentleman  as  lives ;  what  opinion  you  hold  of  them  I  cannot  teU, 
till  I  hear  how  it  goes  with  them  in  England.  Meantime  I  assure 
you  that  they  shun  such  company  as  might  be  offensive  to  Her 
Majesty. 

Painter  promised  to  take  this  letter  with  him,  but  did  not  come 
for  it,  and  being  required  by  Mr.  Arundel  to  send  it  to  you,  and 
made  privy  of  its  contents,  I  hope  you  will  not  mislike  that  it 
comes  from  me.  I  have  had  sundry  conferences  with  them,  whereof 
I  will  make  you  privy  on  my  return.     [2  pages.] 

48.  Notes  from  the  churchwardens'  accounts  of  St.  Edmond's, 
Salisbury,  from  I  Edw.  IV.  to  25  Eliz.,  chiefly  relating  to  expenses 
in  the  church  and  churchyard,  windows'  mending  and  cleaning, 
renovations  and  repairs  for  altar  and  other  furniture,  vestments, 
crosses,  &c.,  and  for  books,  purchase  of  holy  water  and  christening 
oil  ■  ale  for  the  clerk  that  sung  the  gospel,  bread,  cheese,  and  ale 
for  the  masters,  fee,  and  wages  of  the  officials ;  e.g., 

1  Edw.  IV.   For  all  apparel  and  furniture   of  players  at  the 
Corpus  Christi. 

5  Hen.  VII.    It  seemeth  that  the  seats  were  then  hired  out  from 
year  to  year  only,  at  a  rent,  for  there  the  title  is  hiring  of  seats. 

10  Hen.  VII.     Stalls  and  stations  at  the  fair,  intra  cemiterium 
et  extra. 

8  Hen.  VII.     Solut.  cuidam  pictori  pro  pictura  trium  regum  et 
trium  imaginum  subtus  judicium,  xiij  d. 

11  Hen.  VII.     For  the  blessing  of  a  pair  of  black  vestments, 

iiij  d. 

2  Hen.  VIII.     Pro  mundacione  St.  Georgii,  et  aliis  statuis  in 

ecclesi^. 

10  Hen.  VIII.     Paid  for  setting  on  St.  George's  harness,  ij  d.. 

31  Hen.  VIII.     The  Bible  bought  of  the  proVost  the  year  before, 
tied  with  a  chain  in  the  church. 


102  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1583. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

2  Edw.  VI.  For  two  candles  for  Sir  Nicholas,  to  say  mass  and 
his  service  with,  ij  s.  vi  d.  ob. 

1551.  Hauling  away  and  plucking  down  of  altars,  rood-lofts, 
tables,  &c.  The  steeple  plucked  down,  and  all  the  expenses 
about  it. 

5  Edw.  VI.,  1552.  A  suit  against  Beckingham  for  cutting  down 
two  trees  in  the  churchyard. 

1553.  The  King  came  to  Sarum. 

1554.  Two  mass  books  bought,  the  altar  set  up,  an  antiphone 
and  two  grayles  bought. 

1556.  Rings  to  make  Mary  and  John  fast  to  the  wall,  xiij.d. 

1561.  Paid  to  Beckingham  for  his  cow  that  died  in  the  pound, 
xxvj  s.  viij  d. 

1567.  Three  lattices  set  in  the  east  end  of  the  church,  to  keep  out 
pigeons. 

1567.  A  new  pair  of  organs  made,  and  money  begged  towards 
them,  Si.  19s.  5d.  The  whole  charge  of  the  new  organs  came  to 
S7l.  12,9.  lOd. 

1578.  The  sexton's  name  was  Ralph  Hindon,  his  wages  came  to 
24s.,  yet  he  had  all  other  payments  ut  supra  continuing.  [Book  of 
18  pages,  soiled.^ 

Discourse  of  the  voyage  of  Sir  Jerome  Bowes,  Her  Majesty's 
ambassador  to  Russia,  and  of  the  privileges  procured  by  him  for  the 
English  company  of  Merchant  Adventurers.  [Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol. 
GXGVL,  pp.  131-138.    Printed  in  Hakluyt,  Vol.  I.,  pp.  516-520.] 

49.  Statement  by  to  [Sir  Wm.  Cecil  ?].     Gregory  Ware, 

an  Englishman,  an  inhabitant  and  husbandman  of  Sark,  stole  goods 
of  small  value  from  the  house  of  Thomas  Tooker,  for  which  he  was 
made  prisoner,  but  during  this  sequestration  of  justice  into  Council's 
hands  [Note. — By  their  Lordships^  order,  8  Aug.  1582],  he  escaped, 
and  embarked  for  Guernsey,  pretending  to  come  to  see  me,  but 
retired  to  England,  by  aid  of  a  servant  of  Mr.  Wigmore,  lieutenant 
of  Guernsey  castle.  As  I  might  be  blamed  by  Sir  Thos.  Leighton, 
I  tell  you  the  fact,  and  beg  that  I  may  not  be  prejudiced,  [f  page, 
French.] 

1584. 
Jan.  11.  50.  LordBurghley  to  the  Commissioners  for  finding  an  office  after 
The  Court,  the  death  of  Hen.  Beake.  In  a  letter,  dated  30  Nov.,  I  required 
you  to  call  before  you  the  jury  returned  for  finding  such  office,  and 
not  to  suffer  them  to  depart  until  they  had  delivered  a  verdict. 
As  I  do  not  know  what  moves  them  to  stay  it,  I  do  not  think  it 
reasonable,  contrary  to  their  consciences,  to  urge  them  thereto, 
although  I  wish  that  by  your  good  means  a  verdict  might  be  given ; 
therefore  if  they  forbear  to  deliver  one,  you  shall  take  bonds  for 
their  appearance  before  me  and  the  Council  of  the  Court  of  Wards, 
on  the  second  day  of  next  term,  to  show  cause  for  their  refusal, 
[f  page.]    Annexing, 

50.  I.  Bond  by  Wm.  Fromondes  and  11  others  named,  hevng  the 

jury  above  mention^,  im,  101.  each,  to  appear  in  the 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  103 


1584  Vol.  XXVIII. 

Court  of  Wards  on  24  Jmi.  1583-4,  hefore  tie  Lord 
Treasurer,  Master  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  and  others  of 
the  Council  there,  and  not  to  de'part  without  licence  of 
the  Court;  taken  by  Robert  Forth,  D.C.L.,  EobtLivesey,  and 
Anth.  Kelton,  the  aforesaid  Commissioners.  [1 J  pages, 
draft.]  14  Jan.  1584. 

Jan.  12.  51.  William  [Somerset]  Earl  of  Worcester  to  Thos.  Seckford  and 
Ragland  Castle.  Dps.  Dale  and  Lewis,  Masters  of  Bequests.  According  to  your  letter, 
I  sent  for  Mistress  Smith,  who  came  on  the  day  appointed,  but  John 
Gee  failed  to  come  until  three  days  after,  and  Mrs.  Smith  having 
to  go  to  London,  I  could  not  hear  them  together,  or  use  that  persua- 
sion I  intended  ;  but  I  perceive  the  matter  will  be  easily  brought  to 
a  good  end.  If  they  had  met,  I  had  hoped  to  make  a  final  conclusion. 
[ipage.] 

Jan.  25.  52.  Eobert  Earl  of  Leicester  to  the  Lord  Treasurer.  Thos.  Fisher 
The  Court,  and  liis  wife  have  exhibited  their  bill  of  reviver  in  the  Court  of 
Wards,  to  traverse  an  office  found  after  the  death  of  Thos.  Weyman ; 
and  by  order  of  that  Court,  they  cannot  proceed  until  I  have  either 
answered  their  biU,  or  certified  the  Court  that  I  do  not  mean  to 
deal  therein,  as  the  wardship  of  Weyman's  heir  was  granted  to  me 
and  to  the  mother,  for  the  benefit  of  the  child.  I  have  given  my 
interest  in  such  wardship  to  Jas.  Cressy,  who  married  the  mother, 
and  am  not  willing  that  any  suitors  through  me  should  be  hindered 
in  their  lawful  suit ;  I  therefore  signify  that  I  mean  not  to  be 
in  any  way  a  dealer  in  it,  to  the  hindrance  of  justice.     [|  page.] 

Jan.  ?  53.  "  A  consideration  of  such  things  as  shall  be  necessary  for  the 

advancement  of  the  discovery  of  the  North-west  passage  " : — 

A  grant  to  Adrian  Gilbert  of  the  same  privileges  as  were  not 
long  since  granted  to  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert. 

The  Muscovy  Company  having  a  grant  for  the  discovery  of  the 
North-west  passage,  that  they  be  moved  to  grant  Gilbert  liberty 
to  make  the  said  discovery,  and  to  have  the  sole  trade  thereto  for 
20  years. 

To  choose  adventurers  who  wUl  venture  their  money  and  not 
their  names. 

To  choose  two  ships,  of  80  and  50  tons,  furnish  them  with 
60  mariners  and  victuals  for  a  year,  and  set  down  a  proportion  of 
merchandise  for  them. 

To  erect  two  staples  for  placing  the  merchandise  brought  out 
of  those  countries,  one  at  London,  the  other  at  Dunkirk. 

To  send  for  A.  B.  out  of  hand.  [2  pages.  Draft  by  Sec.  Wal- 
singham.  Gilbert's  patent  was  dated  6  Feb.  1584:.  SeeHakhiyt, 
Vol.  HI.,  pp.  129-132.] 

Jan.  ?  54.  "  A  brief  collection  of  the  substance  of  the  grant  desired  by 

the  discoverers  of  the  North-west  parts  "  : — 

That  Adrian  Gilbert  has  travailed  and  still  travails  at  great 
charge  to  discover  the  north-west  parts  of  Atlantis,  called  Novus 
prbis,  not  hitherto  discovered  by  any  Christians  but  him. 


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15  84. 

That  his  purpose  is  to  win  the  people  there  to  the  knowledge  of 
God,  %nd  open  a  profitable  traflHc. 

That  the  Queen  shall  license  him  and  his  associates  to  leave 
the  realm,  with  ships,  men,  armour,  &c.  for  any  parts  between  the 
Equinoctial  and  the  North  Pole,  and  enjoy  all  places  he  may 
discover,  with  all  royalties  therein. 

That  they  shall  yield  her  one-fifth  of  all  gold,  silver,  pearls,  &c. 
that  they  meet  with. 

That  they  shall  unload  their  goods  only  at  London  and  Dart- 
mouth, where  the  customers  shall  receive  the  said  fifth  part. 

That  they  shall  hold  the  said  lands  for  ever,  by  homage  to  Her 
Majesty,  and  by  the  said  fifth  part. 

If  any  other  traffic  thither,  their  ships  and  goods  to  be  con- 
fiscated, half  to  Adrian,  and  half  to  Her  Majesty,  to  be  sued  for 
by  him  in  the  name  of  "  the  colleagues  of.  the  fellowship  of  new 
navigations,  Atlantical  and  Septentrional,'"'  by  which  name  they 
are  to  be  incorporated. 

That  they  have  power  to  make  laws  and  decrees  in  those 
countries,  provided  they  are  not  contrary  to  the  laws  here 
established. 

That  Gilbert,  John  Dee,  and  John  Davies,  the  chief  travailers 
therein,  be  exempted  for  ever  from  all  customs  on  exports  or 
imports,  provided  they  cover  the  goods  of  no  others. 

That  Adrian  may  punish  mutiny  according  to  justice,  by  the 
verdict  of  12  men.     [2f  pages.] 

Jan.  ?  .55.  Similar  paper,  but  with  differences  in  the  details.     The  com- 

pany is  to  be  called  "  The  Colleagues  of  the  discovery  of  the  North- 
west passage."  They  are  to  allow  Her  Majesty  one-twentieth  of 
all  gold,  silver,  pearls,  &c.  To  unload  at  London,  Plymouth,  and 
Dartmouth.  If  they  abide  in  those  parts,  and  have  issue  born 
there,  the  children  are  to  be  denizens  of  England.  Adrian  Gilbert, 
Walter  Raleigh,  and  John  Davies  to  be  custom  free  for  60  years,  for 
goods  from  those  lands.  For  five  years  no  other  to  trade  in  this 
voyage,  without  a  written  consent  from  Adrian  and  his  heirs. 
[1  sheet] 

Feb.  1.  56.  Nicholas  Wilson  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  am  forced,  although 

having  a  sufficient  maintenance,  to  crave  my  year's  allowance  before 
hand,  my  expenses  being  so  great  at  my  first  coming.  I  have  already 
certified  my  uncle.  Sir  William,  of  it.  I  trust  to  have  your  favour 
therein.  I  will  not  spend  more  of  it  than  the  allowance  you  have 
determined.  Pray  remind  Her  Majesty  for  her  gracious  favour 
towards  my  poor  sisters.     [^  page.] 

Feb.  4.  57.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  received  your 

Carlisle.       and  the  Council's  letters.     I  cannot  learn  anything  of  Harkness, 

the   Scotchman,  since   his  departure  out  of  England,  and  do  not 

believe  he  has  yet  returned.     He  is  40  years  old, — brown  hair  and 

beard. 

I  have  now  called  Andrew  Hilton,  who  was  before  in  the  sheriff's 

charge,  into  close  ward.     His  disposition  is  very  lewd,  and  he  is  a 


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■wicked  pillar  of  papistry.  If  he  were  removed  thither,  he  could 
discover  all  the  papists  and  their  dealings  in  this  country. 

I  have  caused  a  search  to  be  made  in  all  suspected  places  for  the 
persons  named  in  the  Council's  letters,  but  have  not  found  any  of 
them  ;  also  for  writings  that  might  touch  the  present  state  of  re- 
ligion. It  appears  by  some  writings  of  Richard  Button's,  of  Gray's 
Inn,  that  he  is  a  notorious  papist ;  he  should  be  apprehended. 
I  hope  to  give  you  further  intelligence  of  him,  and  his  dealings  in 
this  country. 

When  you  were  at  Newcastle,  I  told  you  of  one  Boast,  a  notable 
papist,  who,  by  some  letters  also  found  in  this  search,  and  written 
by  Andrew  Hilton,  is  noted  to  have  attended  as  a  serving  man 
upon  Lord  Montague. 

P.S. — I  have  Boast  in  ward,  in  the  Sheriffs  custody,  and  Eichard 
Kirkbride,  of  Ellerton,  under  good  bond,  so  that  they  are  both 
forthcoming.     [1 J  pages.'] 

Feb.  7.  58.   Henry  Lord   Scrope  and   John  Bishop  of   Carlisle  to  Sec. 

Carlisle.  Walsingham.  In  answer  to  the  Council's  letter  to  us,  for  the  appre- 
hension of  Richard  Cliburne,  and  Mouneford,  a  seminary  Scots' 
priest,  supposed  of  late  to  have  returned  from  the  South  into  these 
parts,  we  have  caused  diligent  search  to  be  made  for  them,  by 
Humphrey  Musgrave,  Thos.  Hamond,  chancellor  of  the  diocese  of 
Carlisle,  Richard  Dudley,  and  Hen.  Leigh^  but  as  yet  without  effect. 
The  letters  which  their  Lordships  have  were  written  by  Andrew 
Hilton  to  Wm.  Robinson,  his  cousin,  from  Carlisle,  last  June  and 
July,  concerning  the  forwardness  of  the  Catholic  religion  in  Scotland ; 
Hilton  was  before  a  prisoner  in  Carlisle,  in  the  Sheriffs  custody,  for 
not  conforming  in  matters  of  religion,  and  we  have  now  committed 
him  to  close  ward,  and  examined  him  touching  his  letters,  but  he 
denies  writing  to  Robinson,  or  anyone  else,  and  affirms  that  he  had 
no  cousin  of  that  name,  nor  any  intelligence  from  Scotland. 

We  send  the  three  letters  found  with  him,  which,  with  his  exami- 
nation, will  declare  his  own  evil  disposition,  and  the  qualities  of 
John  Boast,  a  priest,  who  served  Lord  Montague,  and  of  others 
from  whom  he  received  the  said  letters. 

We  have  also  apprehended  Richard  Kirkbride,  of  Ellerton, 
brother-in-law  to  Cliburne,  and  examined  him  as  to  the  letter  to 
Cliburne,  but  he  said  he  had  not  written  to  him  for  a  long  time,  nor 
seen  him  for  three  years.  We  can  find  nothing  against  him,  and 
have  bailed  him,  although  he  is  brother  to  Percival  Kirkbride, 
whom  their  Lordships  noted  as  a  writer  of  another  letter  to 
Cliburne  from  Newlaythes.  Richard  was  one  of  the  jury  that  in- 
dicted his  brother,  a  notable  papist,  for  not  coming  to  church,  and 
has  lately  been  lurking  in  these  parts,  but  in  this  search  could  not 
be  found.  In  his  chamber  we  found  the  writings  enclosed ;  one 
containing  news  from  Scotland,  the  other  fimtastical  and  foolish 
prophecies,  and  such  like,  but  hereafter  we  shall  have  vigilant  eyes, 
and  do  what  we  can  to  come  by  him. 

We  also  apprehended  Lancelot  Boast,  in  his  mother's  house,  and 
by  letters  found  there,  and  by  his  examination,  it  appears  that  his 


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158*. 

brother,  John  Boast,  had  lately  been  there,  as  also  by  other  letters 
from  Rich.  Hutton,  of  Gray's  Inn,  who  also  appears  to  be  a  notorious 
papist.  There  were  also  some  exhortations  to  papists,  whereof 
one  bears  the  name  of  Wm.  Hart,  who  was  executed  at  York  for 
high  treason ;  and  another  letter  from  Andrew  Hilton  to  his  cousin. 
We  send  you  all  these,  as  also  the  examinations  of  Boast  and  Hilton. 
We  think  Hilton  were  fitter  either  to  be  called  before  their  Lord- 
ships, or  to  be  elsewhere  than  in  this  place,  where  he  is  known,  and 
has  done  much  hurt.  Boast  we  have  committed,  and  as  we  think 
he  can  'discover  the  places  where  his  brother  resorts  tb  in  this 
country,  he  should  be  sent  for  as  well  as  the  other.  [^  pages.l 
Enclosing, 

58.  I,  Examination  of  Lancelot  Boast,  gentleman,  hefore  Lord 
Scrape  and  the  Bishop  of  Carlisle.  Thinks  the  exhorta- 
tion to  papistry  by  Wm.  Hart,  and  the  book  entitled  "The 
Discovery  of  the  Translation,''  were  left  him  by  his  brother, 
John  Boast.  Hart  wcos  executed  lately  at  York  for  high 
treason ;  the  other  exhortation  to  papistry  was  written  by 
his  brother,  a/nd  left  with  the  others. 

The  letter  from  Richard  Hutton,  dated  Septernber,  was 
written  in  1582 ;  the  man  named  as  non  inventus  was  his 
brother ;  does  not  know  who  his  com,panion,  mentioned 
as  to  be  hanged  at  Tyburn,  was.  Knows  not  the  bearer  of 
Hutton's  letter  of  27  Oct. 

Sent  the  Bheims  Testament  asked  for  in  Andrew 
Hilton's  letter  of  1  Nov.,  but  does  not  remember  by  whom. 
[1  page.]     A  Iso, 

Like  examination  of  And/rew  Hilton.  Has  no  cousin 
narnied  Wm.  Robinson,  and  never  wrote  to  him.  A  letter 
found  was  sent  him  from  one  Hopton,  a  priest,  residing 
with  Nich.  Pullen,  vicar  of  Buckland,  in  Berkshire, 
whom  he  knows.  _  The  good  news  referred  to  was  the  good 
agreement  existing  between  examinate  and  his  uncle, 
Nich.  Pullen.  The  letter  signsd  J.  H.  he  received  from 
John  Boast,  a  year  ago,  when  he  received  the  Rheims 
Testament  from  Boasfs  mother. 

Acknowledges  the  letter  of  18  Sept.  1582  to  Thos.  Hilton, 
his  cousin,  to  be  his,  but  it  was  written  and  signed  in 
his  ncrnne  by  Thos.  Sewell,  his  servant,  he  being  then  in 
Norfolk,  upon  bond  to  return  to  his  ward  at  Ga/rUsle, 
Sewell  is  now  in  Norfolk,  and  lately  served  Mr.  Yaxley, 
of  Yaxley  Hall,  Suffolk. 

While  out  on  bond,  met  John  Boast,  between  Maiden- 
head and  Colbrook,  with  Jas.  Warcop,  clerk,  and  one 
beneficed  within  a  rrdle  and  a  half  of  Norwich  ;  they  re- 
tu/rned  with  him  to  Colbrook,  where  they  lodged  for  the 
night  at  the  sign  of  the  Cock.  Boast  rode  with  a  cloak 
bag  behind  him,  apparelled  in  a  cloak  of  a  rat's  colour, 
white  jerkin,  laid  with  bhie  lace,  and  a  pair  of  buff 


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leather  hose.  The  next  day,  examinate  rode  to  London, 
and  Boast  into  Gloucestershire ;  six  days  after,  govng  on 
foot  from  his  own  house,  Busket  Parsonage  nm,  Berk- 
shire,  to  Leachlade,  Gloucestershire,  met  Boast  again,  with 
Arthur  Cappes,  at  John  Lee^s  house;  then  Boast  went 
with  him  to  Busket,  where  they  stayed  three  days. 
Boast  then  told  examinate,  in  presence  of  one  Wilkinson, 
servant  to  Mr.  Robinson,  now  Provost  of  Queen's  College, 
Oxford,  that  he  served  Lord  Montague  as  a  serving  ma/ii. 
AsJced  Boast  for  one  who  he  thought  also  served  his  Lord- 
ship, and  who  was  formerly  servant  to  exa/minate's  cousin 
Yaxley  ;  Boast  said  he  knew  him  well,  and  that  he  was  the 
said  Lord^s  porter.  Boast  said  he  had  been  to  Bouay,  and 
for  avoiding/  danger,  returned  into  Englamd  two  months 
before  the  li/nvitation  by  the  proclamation.  Also  that 
they  were  ahout  having  mass  in  Jas.  Warcop's  house, 
examinate' s  cousin,  being  beneficed  about  Norwich,  as 
aforesaid;  but  Warcop  coming  suddenly  upon  them, 
they  were  disappointed  of  their  purpose.  Thinks  that 
Boast  was  the  priest  that  should  have  said  the  'mass; 
knows  hi/m  to  be  a  priest.  The  letter  signed  D.  L.,  of 
1  Oct.,  was  sent  him  by  Percival  Kirkbride,  who  gene- 
rally signed  his  letters  thus.  Never  wrote  to  any  person 
of  the  state  of  Scotland,  &c.,  nor  received  a/ny  Scottish  news. 
f2|  pages^     Also, 

Like  exa/mi/fiation  of  Ja/mes  Harington,  gent.  Married 
Rich.  Cliburne's  wife's  sister,  but  has  not  seen  nor  re- 
ceived any  letter  from,  Gliburne  for  tvjo  or  three  years, 
nor  knows  where  he  now  is.     [J  page.]  6  Feb.  1584. 

58.  II.  Richard  Hutton  to  his  cousin  Lancelot  Boast.  Thanks 
for  your  letter,  which  pleased  me  so  well  that  it  has  bound 
me  to  requite  it.  I  am  sorry  there  has  been  such  strange- 
ness between  us,  since  m,y  coming,  that  I  could  never  have 
a  letter  from,  you,  and  trust  hereafter  we  shall  have  mare 
familiarity  by  letters.  Put  in  a  good  word  for  me  where 
you  think  it  needful.  Commend  me  to  my  aunt,  to  your 
wife,  and  the  rest.    [\  page.]  27  Oct. 

58.  III.  Andrew  Hilton  to  Lancelot  Boast.  J  have  long  mar- 
velled that  I  never  heard  from  you  nor  your  friend, 
being  so  long  in  the  country,  and  need/lng  advice 
touching  am,  offer  which  the  Privy  Council  hath  sent 
us  poor  prisoners,  which  I  enclose,  and  desire  you,  if 
possible,  to  convey  it  to  him  for  his  opinion ;  we  are 
in  doubt,  and  loath  to  do  anything  hurtful,  either  to 
ourselves  or  any  others.  T  also  desire  you,  hearing  by 
my  cousin  Geo.  Rvmrney  that  you  have  the  New  Testa- 
ment, to  send  it  me  by  Anth.  Athinsori's  wife,  as  I  can 
neither  eat,  drink,  nor  sleep  until  I  see  it.    [|  page.] 

CarUsle,  1  Nov.  1582. 


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1584. 

58.  IV.  Address  of  Wm.  Hart,  'priest,  to  his  congregation  after 
his  condemnation  at  York,  exhorting  them  to  stand  fast 
to  the  CathoUc  faith,  as  it  is  the  first,  last,  and  only 
request  that  he  will  ever  mal<e  to  them.     [2  pages.] 

58.  V.  Book  of  Miscellanies,  commencing  as  follows : — 
But  sorrow  and  plagues  for  their  offences, 
Battle  and  famine,  and  all  pestilences, 
As  a  desolate  land,  brought  it  shall  be  ; 
What  shall  be  more,  none  know  but  He. 
England,  take  this  monition, — 
Be  wise,  change  thy  condition. 
Doubt  not,  but  think  it  sure, 
This  storm  thou  shalt  endure  ; 
With  heart  contrite,  confess  thee, 
And  to  Heavenward  address  thee, 

Latin  lamentations  over  England,  in  rhymed  verse, 
and  prophecies  of  its  downfall : 

If  thou  be  wise,  O  Germany,  Frenchmen,  English  flee, 
And  suffer  not  the  Venice  land  to  join  in  league  with  thee. 
Behold,  for  out  of  Philip's  blood  a  worthy  brood  shall  rise, 
Who    shall   redeem    the    world's  misdeeds  with   warlike 


And  the  proud  Turk  he  shall  constrain  the  true  faith  to 

embrace, 
And  thee  deprive  of  princely  port,  and  put  thee  out  oj 

place. 
When  five  three  hundred  years  are  gone,  since  Christ,  our 

Lord,  was  born, 
And  six  times  ten  with  three  by  course  to  us  are  worn. 
All  this  the  ruler  of  the  skies,  who  sitteth  in  Heaven  so 

high. 
Bade  me  to  tell  unto  the  world,  as  stars  had  told  to  me. 

Also  Latin  version,  i/n  verse,  of  the  above.    Also, 

Copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Emperor  Ferdinand  to  the 
Queen  of  England.  We  were  right  glad  to  understa/nd 
that  you  accepted  in  good  part  our  letter,  in  which  we 
required  you  not  to  execute  any  rigour  upon  the  bishops 
in  prison,  and  the  subjects  of  your  realm  who  profess  the 
Catholic  religion,  if  they  would  not,  or  with  a  safe  con- 
science could  not,  profess  the  religion  which  you  and  the 
estates  of  your  realm  had  ordained  by  a  new  law.  For 
we  understood  not  only  your  good  will  to  pleasure  vm,  but 
your  great  modesty,  clemency,  <Ssc.,  and  could  not  but  give 
you  thanks. 

As  an  Emperor  and  Catholic  Prince  we  commend  to  you 
the  estate  and  health  of  those  who  profess  our  religion, 
thinking  it  Trior e  for  your  honour  to  protect  such  as 
follow  a  contrary  religion,  than  to  prosecute  or  put  them 
to  death.  Therefore  we  pray  that  you  will  rather  win  the 
hearts  of  you/r  subjects  by  clemency,  than  turn  them  from 
you  by  persecution,  and  that  you  will  grant  them,  in 
every  city,  one  church  at  least,  where  they  may  serve  God, 


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according  to  the  ordincmce  of  the  CathoUo  church,  cmd 
celebrate  dAvvne  service  and  sacra/ments,  by  which  means 
you  will  obtain  the  hearts  of  yowr  subjects,  bind  other 
Catholic  Kings  a7bd  Princes,  and  get  great  praise  of  cle- 
raency  and  gentleness,  and  will  do  us  such  pleasure  that 
we  will,  with  the  like  brotherly  will,  recompense  you  to  the 
uttermost.     [1^  pages.] 

Posonoma  {Presburgh\  in  Hungary,  24  Nov.  1563. 
Also, 

Copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Great  Master  of  Rhodes,  of 
the  Order  of  Jerusalem,  to  all  princes,  lords.  Christians, 
&c.,  advertising  the  birth  of  Antichrist.     We  have  of  late 
received  letters  of  our  ambassadors  in  Babylon,  in  u)hich 
are  contained  how,  on  28  May  1564,  in  the  borders  of 
Babylon,  and  in  a  province  called  Colossa,  a  child  was 
horn   of  a  woman  of  very  base   degree,   called  Sanns, 
obscure  and   dark  from  any  knowledge  of  the  father; 
which  child  has  a  fearful  face,  teeth  after  the  manner  of 
a  cat,  and  eyes  glistening  and  terrible.    His  stature  is 
greater  than  of  all  children,  and  at  the  end  of  eight  days, 
he  began  to  speak  perfectly,  and  in  such  sort  that  he  was 
understood  of  all,  and  admonished  tJte  people  that  he 
was  the  true  son  of  Ood,  and  the  very  Messias,  and  that 
they  ought  to  believe  in  and  serve  him.     Our  ambassadors 
say  that  they  saw  him.,  at  the   end  of  two   months,  go 
as  well  as  children  o/ 10  years,  and  that  at  his  birth,  the 
heavens   showed  great  wonders;   that  is,  the  day  being 
far  up,  the  sun  darlcened,  and  for  a  time  the  heavens 
were  very  dark,  and  at  night  a  great  fire  ccume  down 
from  heaven  upon  the  house  of  the  child,  and  was  sud- 
denly quenched,  besides  other  innumerable  tokens.     The 
day  after  his  birth,  it  rained  manna  and  precious  stones, 
and   the   day   after  that,   were  seen   to  fly  in  the   air 
horrible  serpents.     The  child  being  demanded  the  occa- 
sion  of  such  signs,  answered   that  the  precious  stones 
signified  the  everlasting  joy  that  his  children  should  have 
in  the  other  life,  and  the  serpents  the  torments  and  pains 
of  those  who  did  not  believe  cmd  follow  him. 

The  same  night  of  his  birth,  there  appeared  and  opened 
a  very  great  monument  amongst  the  mountains  of 
Babylon,  in  which  was  found  a  pillar,  half  red  and  half 
white,  and  in  which  was  written  in  the  Hebrew  tongue, 
"  The  hour  of  my  birth  is  come."  The  ambassadors  say 
they  have  seen  the  child,  and  heard  say  that  he  has  raised 
the  dead,  healed  the  diseased,  and  given  sight  to  the  blind, 
by  virtue  of  his  word ;  and  that  in  Babylon  he  has  com- 
Tnanded  to  be  worshipped  as  the  son  of  Ood,  and  that  the 
faithful,  as  well  as  infidels,  do  not  refuse  to  believe  in 
and  imrship  him;  but  some  do  it  for  devotion,  and  others 
for  fear. 


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1584. 


Vol,  XXVIII. 

He  opens  many  passages  of  Scripture  never  heard  of 
before,  and,  through  his  interpretations,  makes  them  easy 
to  be  understood.  A  friar  of  ViUrbo,  a  doctor  in 
divinity,  gave  such  credit  to  the  child  and  his  mi/racles 
that  he  affirmed  the  child  was  the  son  of  Ood,  so  that  a 
great  number  of  people  fully  believe  in  him.  They  also 
add  that  at  his  birth,  there  was  a  voice  heard  like  thunder 
for  two  hours,  which  gave  great  fear  to  all,  saying, 
"  Prepare  yourselves  to  know  my  well-beloved  son,  and 
blessed  be  those  that  shall  obey  his  word."  They  write  that, 
as  stated  in  the  old  and  new  Testaments,  they  find  this  is 
he  that  was  to  be  born  in  the  latter  day,  called  Anti- 
christ, the  son  of  perdition.  We  sent  two  of  our  brethren 
into  Babylon,  who  found  all  this  to  be  true  and  more; 
therefore  we  exhort  all  Christians  to  stand  firm  agai/nst 
this  wicked  Antichrist.     [3  pages."]     Also, 

Latin  verses  on  the  deplorable  condition  of  the  world. 
[8  lines.]    And, 

English  verses  prognosticating  the  time  when  "the  mass 
shall  last  for  ever  and  aye."    [14  Unes.] 

58.  VI.  Andrew  Hilton  to  his  cousin,  Thos.  Hilton.  I  return 
your  horse,  with  as  ma/ny  thanks  as  there  have  been  hours 
since  our  departure.  Your  old  friend  and  cousin, 
Mr.  Boast,  sends  his  coTnmendations,  and  has  become 
a  serving  mam,  to  Lord  Montague.  Rem^ember  me  to 
your  wife  and  children.     [^  page.]  17  Sept. 

58.  VII.  Richard  Hutton  to .     Ifothing  was  more  welcome 

than  your  letter,  because  it  was  full  of  good  will.  There 
are  so  many  false  covns  that  it  is  very  hard  to  hit  off  the 
right  stamp,  especially  for  hi/m  which  never  saw  it ;  the 
tongues  of  some  are  so  venomous  that  they  cannot  abide 
to  stamp  one  good  word,  even  of  him  whom  they  seem  to 
love.  Let  me  not  lack  your  help  in  speaking  to  my 
father,  not  to  give  credit  to  those  who  either  speak  by 
conjecture  or  persuade  upon  malice.  I  make  vnore 
account  of  my  father  than  of  any  earthly  joy,  and  trust 
he  will  not  be  angry  if  I  prefer  God  before  the  world, 
seeing  the  r/iortality  of  man's  estate  to  be  such  that  he 
cannot  prescribe  a  time  to  repent,  or  a  time  to  die,  or  do 
good.  You  may  put  him  in  remembrcmce  of  his  estate. 
I  write  thus  because  I  have  not  a  malicious  reader. 
Pardon  me  for  not  writing  before,  as  some  mew  gather 
so  m/wch  from  my  letters,  thai  I  now  take  good  heed  to 
whom  I  write  ;  I  am  so  troubled  with  answeri/ng  every 
rumour  that  I  forget  my  d/aty,  but  I  will  do  so  no  mare. 
For  the  Tnan,  I  return  a  non  inventus,  as  I  have  not 
seen  hi/m  since  last  term,  and  the  one  that  came  in  his 
compamy  I  saw  hanged  at   Tyburn.     I  fear  that  he 


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1584.  Vol.  XXVIII. 

which  should  have  brought  this  to  hea/rer  is  with  you. 
Put  this  in  the  fire  after  reading  it.  ComTnend  me  to 
your  wife  and  all  friends.  If  I  had  known  what  book 
would  have  pleased  you  best,  I  would  have  got  it ;  if  the 
new  one  comes,  you  shall  have  it.     [1 J  pages.] 

Oray's  Inn,  18  Sept. 

58.  VIII.  Discourse  by  John  Boast,  priest,  on  charity,  and  the 
antiquity  of  the  Catholic  religion.     [2  pages.] 

Feb.  8.  69.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     Having  by  direc- 

Carlisle.  tion  of  Council  dealt  with  Andrew  Hilton,  a  great  papist  remain- 
ing here  in  ward,  we  found  the  enclosed  letters  with  him,  upon  which 
he  has  been  examined  before  the  Bishop  and  myself.  By  one  of  these 
from  Percival  Kirkbride,  another  notorious  papist,  it  appears  that  he 
takes  upon  himself  to  be  the  means  that  Francis  Dacre  and  Thomas 
Denton,  of  WernoU,  a  gentleman  in  this  country,  shall  either  write 
to  the  Sheriff  for  Hilton's  liberty,  or  themselves  shall  travel  to  him  for 
it ;  also  that  John  Boast,  another  most  notorious  papist,  a  family 
acquaintance  of  Kirkbride,  and  a. serving  man  with  Lord  Montague, 
has  common  access  to,  and  is  secretly  lurking  among  those  of  their 
own  faction  in  this  country.  I  therefore  fear  that  Dacre  and  Denton 
and  their  wives  have  of  late  been  much  drawn  from  religion ;  it 
would  be  well  to  examine  them  as  to  where  they  have  resorted  for 
communion  the  last  half  year,  as  also  other  gentlemen  and  theii- 
wives  within  this  diocese. 

Two  gentlemen  passed  through  this  wardenry  to  Lady  Fernihurst 
in  Scotland,  22  Jan.,  of  whom  I  send  you  a  description.  They  were 
accompanied  here  by  one  Layton,  son  of  Sir  Cuthbert  Layton,  late 
knight  of  Rhodes  ;  if  they  return  this  way,  I  will  do  my  best  to 
apprehend  them.  Layton  is  either  in  Eichmondshire  or  Yorkshire. 
[2^  pages.]     Enclosing, 

59.  I.  P.  [alias  Percival  Kirkbride]  to  [And.]  Hilton.  I  am 
sorry  to  hear  of  your  evil  luck  of  late,  by  reason  of  evil 
company.  David's  saying  is  verified  in  you,  cum  sancto 
sanctus  eris,  et  cum  perverso,  perverteris.  Would  to  Ood 
that  you  had  been  quiet  in  your  chamber,  using  some 
other  godly  kind  of  exercise;  but  for  God's  sake  take  heed, 
henceforth,  and  bridle  your  affections,  though  it  be  diffi- 
cult for  one  of  a  choleric  disposition,  luhich  I  perceive 
you  to  be.  This  makes  your  enemies  rejoice,  amd  your 
friends  and  well-wishers  sorrowful.  I  am  sore  afraid  it 
•may  be  hurtful  to  your  bedfellow,  considering  her  case. 
I  marvel  that  you  will  have  dealings  with  Mr.  Laburne, 
seeing  he  is  distracted,  has  no  government  of  himself,  nor 
knows  how  to  fast  or  how  to  pray.  If  this  chance  had 
not  happened,  you  had  received  from  me  before  this 
the  whole  manner  of  his  disease,  written  to  warn  you_  to 
have  no  dealings  with  him,  but  rather  to  pray  for  him, 
as  his  pwmshments  are  due  for  sins.    Try  to  remove  the 


112  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


1584. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

evil  opinion  of  you,  so  that  you  may  be  restored  agaim,  to 
your  old  lodgings.  Mr.  'Francis  Dacre  or  Mr.  Denton,  of 
Wernoll,  may  pleasure  you  in  this,  if  you  would  send 
any  friend  in  your  behalf  Let  me  know  your  m/ind, 
and  I  will  get  their  letters  to  the  Sheriff  for  your  liberty ; 
but  if  that  will  not  serve,  I  trust  to  make  friends  that  will 
take  the  pains  to  go  to  the  Sheriff,  which  I  would  have 
done  with  all  speed,  lest  the  Sheriff  take  a  journey  to 
London  before  these  letters  come  to  hand.     [1  page^ 

Featherstonehaugh,  1  Oct.  1584. 

59.  II.  /.  J.,  [alias  Jo.  Boast,]  to  Andrew  Hilton.  You  and  your 
bedfellow  must  submit  with  patience,  as  becometh  Christian 
confessors,  whom  God  hath  chosen  to  bear  loitness  of  His 
name,  to  the  comfort  of  them  that  love  Him,,  and  His 
spouse,  the  Catholic  church',  and  to  the  condemnation  of 
so  many  that  wittingly  join  in  the  synagogue  of  Satan. 
I  would,  as  I  have  often  in  vain  done,  attempt  to  see 
you,  for  all  I  can  speak  with  are  unwilling  to  be  amongst 
you,  but  this  good  man  L  have  entreated,  and  you  may 
entreat,  to  deal  with  those  parts,  when  you  and  your 
friend  shall  stand  in  need.  L  have  not  leisure  to  go 
into  such  places,  to  provide  such  books  as  /  knovj  are 
good  for  you.  The  Defence  of  the  Tonsure,  &c.  with  the 
Resolution  and  Testament  L  long  since  brought  amongst 
you,  but  what  you  now  have  of  them,  save  the  Testament, 
I  know  not ;  yet  as  they  come,  T  wo^dd  get  a  good  store, 
if  I  might  find  a  safe  and  ready  mart  to  make  my 
exchange,  but  I  refer  all  to  the  bearer.  J  commend  you 
to  Christ  and  the  prayers  of  His  Catholic  church.  Your 
messenger,  a  good  simple  soul,  but  not  one  that  can 
see  far  into  a  m/illstone,  can  tell  you  of  our  cause  at 
home  and  abroad.  Inform  me  what  you  can  learn  of 
Scotland,  for  there  is  matter  brewing  upon  both  sides, 
[i  page.] 

59.  III.  [ Hopton,  priest,]   to   Andrew  Hilton,  captive  in 

Carlisle.  We  should  be  glad  to  hear  of  your  and  your 
friend's  liberty,  and  to  see  you  here  again,  and  pray  for 
it ;  but  calamity  has  come  arnongst  us ;  your  old  friend, 
'  Mr.  Fourd,  of  Lye,  was  executed  the  lueek  before  Pentecost 
with  six  more ;  extremity  is  in  practice  here,  and  they 
say  much  more  is  intended ;  but  the  best  is  they  can  but 
occidere  corpus,  and  not  harm  the  soul,  so  let  us  with 
patience  offer  ourselves  to  God's  disposition,  and  say 
liafc  voluntas  sua.  Your  writings  to  your  uncle  smell 
of  some  stomach ;  debate  not  what  he  deserves,  but  what 
becomes  you ;  remember  the  cause  why  you  are  restrained 
of  liberty,  and  the  patience  and  mildness  requisite,  for  if 
cruelty  should  be  requited  with  sharpness,  we  lose  the 
reward  of  our  corporal  affliction. 


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3584 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


/  deal  with  you  as  my  friend;  take  my  advice  in 
good  part;  commendations  to  your  wife,  whom  God 
assist  luith  a  continuance  of  the  good  business  she  has 
begun  ;  I  rejoice  to  hear  what  a  good  soldier  she  is.  You 
had  better  let  little  Jack  stay  where  he  learns  some- 
what, and  not  go  to  ch[urch],  as  in  Oxford,  where  for 
his  years  and  sJcill  he  is  altogether  unfit,  yet  he  must  go 
to  church  for  construing  logic,  which  should  be  under- 
stood by  him.  It  grows  to  great  charge,  but  your  uncle 
mil  give  what  you  may  require  for  your  boy.  He  will 
however  come  to  no  reason  with  your  man,  and  as  he 
will  not  speak  with  me,  I  can  scarcely  trust  him.  What 
is  done  between  you  hereafter,  I  would  wish  done  upon 
good  advice.  As  oft  as  you  send  thither,  let  me  hear  from 
you.     [1  page.'\  Bock[leton],  18  June  1584. 

[Feb.  10.]  60.  John  Bailey's  accusation  of  Andrew  Harris,  similar  to  that  of 
6  June  1583  [Dom.  Addenda,  Vol.  XXVIII.,  No.  16.],  adding  that 
the  statute  merchant  was  not  made  to  Bailey,  because  he  was  then 
mayor  of  Sarum,  and  it  was  better  not  to  make  it  to  him  before 
whom  it  was  acknowledged,  and  that  it  was  to  be  for  performance 
of  all  covenants  in  the  deed  of  sale.  That  Bailey  was  evicted  on 
behalf  of  Harris'  sisters,  from  some  of  the  lands.  That  the  Guernsey 
magistrates,  by  deed,  21  Nov.  1581,  promised,  unless  Harris  satisfied 
them  in  three  months,  to  grant  execution  on  his  lands,  but  failed, 
and  therefore  the  Council  is  requested  to  write  to  the  magistrates,  to 
allow  execution  on  the  lands  of  Harris  in  Guernsey,  without  delay. 
[If  pages.'] 

Feb.  22.  61.  William  Pa[rry]  to  Thomas  Morgan,  Paris.  Thanks  for  your 
London,  letters.  I  am  glad  tliat  by  your  and  my  dear  friend  Charles  Paget's 
example,  I  may  so  safely  send  to  you.  I  have  not  been  careless  of 
the  debt  undertaken,  but  being  meanly  satisfied  before  my  departure 
from  Paris,  I  laboured,  by  conference  with  a  singular  man  on  this 
side,  to  be  fully  informed  what  might  be  done  with  conscience  in 
that  case,  for  the  common  good.  I  was  learnedly  over-ruled,  and 
assured  that  it  ought  not  to  fall  into  the  thought  of  a  good  Christian. 
The  difiiculties  are  many,  and  in  this  vigilant  time,  full  of  despair. 
The  service  you  know  never  passed  your  hand  and  mine,  and 
may  therefore,  with  more  ease  and  less  offence,  be  concealed  and 
suppressed.  I  know  that  the  divine  with  whom  I  had  conference 
there,  by  your  appointment,  is  secret  and  honest.  If  you  will  travail 
to  satisfy  the  greatest,  and  to  retain  my  better  sort  of  friends  in 
good  opinion  of  me,  I  shall  hold  it  for  a  singular  pleasure ;  and  if 
you  can  use  me  on  this  side  for  you  or  yours,  be  assured  of  me. 

I  have  not  been  careless  of  my  Lord  Pa[get]  and  his  brother,  nor 
do  I  yet,  notwithstanding  the  proclamation,  see  why  they  should  be 
hasty  in  embracing  foreign  entertainment. 

I  find  the  Queen  very  calm,  and  hear  that  she    termed  some 
cormorants,  for  their  greediness  in  seeking  men's  livings.     Charles 
Arundel  is  condemned  of  having  dealt  unthankfully  with  the  Queen, 
8.  H 


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1584. 


March  1. 

Carlisle. 


1584? 
March  9. 
Aubeterre. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

unkindly  with  his  friends,  and  unadvisedly  with  himself.  I  write 
thus  much  that  you  may  make  them  privy  to  it,  for  I  know  you 
honour  and  love  them  all.  I  marvel  that  you  suffer  so  many  trifling 
letters  to  come  by  so  honourable  a  mean  as  yours  and  Mr.  Pa[get's] 
came  to  me.  The  discovery  of  this  passage  may  happen  by  the  de- 
livery of  some  such.  I  and  the  gentleman  to  whom  the  last  packet 
was  delivered  burnt  all  the  letters,  save  Mr.  Arundel's  to  James 
Sharrock,  which,  after  he  had  read  it,  was  also  burnt,  and  there  is 
now  not  one  of  them  in  being.  I  have  willed  Jas.  Sharrock  to  get 
ready  for  Mr.  Arundel  a  true  account  of  the  state  of  his  office,  which 
I  have  promised  to  send  him  as  soon  as  the  Exchequer  is  satisfied. 
P.S. — Read  and  burn.    [3  pages.'] 

62.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  two  EngUsh 
gentlemen  of  whom  I  wrote,  as  having  passed  through  this  wardenry 
towards  Scotland  on  20  Jan.  last,  were  not  accompanied  by  Sir 
Cuthbert  Layton's  son,  but  by  one  of  that  name.  They  lodged  with 
Edward  Middleton,  of  Middleton  Hall,  Westmoreland,  a  man  of  great 
living,  whose  servant,  Dixon,  the  next  day  took  them  to  Alex. 
Featherstone,  at  Featherstonehaugh,  Northumberland,  supping  at 
Thos.  Garth's  house  in  Armathwait,  after  which  they  and  their 
horses  were  removed  into  Armathwait  castle,  or  hall,  of  which 
Wm.  Skelton  is  owner.  Thence  they  were  conducted  by  Layton 
and  Dixon  to  Featherstone's  house,  and  on  the  24th,  were  delivered 
to  Thos.  Armstrong,  of  High  Stedesh,  alias  Christie's  Thom,  who 
conveyed  them  to  Geordie  Simpson,  a  Scotchman  in  Liddesdale,  and 
thence  to  Fernihurst.  I  have  examined  Lancelot  Carleton,  and 
Anthony  his  brother,  but  finding  nothing,  have  bailed  and  bound 
them  over  to  appear  before  Council,  if  called.  Thos.  Carleton's  part 
in  this  action  will  be  seen  by  the  examinations  of  Middleton  and 
his  servant,  Dixon,  and  of  Mr.  Featherstone.  Middleton,  Dixon,  and 
Mr.  Skelton  dwell  within  my  office  of  wardenry,  and  Featherstone 
within  the  Middle  Marches,  under  Sir  John  Forster's  rule.  I  have 
acquainted  the  Treasurer  of  Berwick  with  this  matter.    [If  pages.] 

63.  S.  Sootchem  to  [Lord  Burghley  ?]  I  hear,  though  how  I  dare 
not  tell  you  in  writing,  that  there  is  an  enterprize  in  hand  to  burn 
the  Queen's  ships.  I  think  it  will  be  done  in  this  way.  At  a  time 
appointed,  a  quantity  of  boats  of  small  burden,  armed  with  200  or 
250  valiant  men,  with  artificial  fire  and  good  muskets,  will  put  forth 
out  of  the  havens  of  Gravelines,  Dunkirk,  and  Nieuport,  under 
colour  of  being  Mayston  [Maidstone  ?]  boats,  hoping  thus  to  pass 
the  Meadow  waters  into  the  Terimgam  river,  so  as  to  be  at 
Eochester  bridge  in  the  night,  and  at  full  sea  mark,  and  so  that  the 
tide  may  bring  them  back  again.  They  will  then  place  their  boats 
in  various  positions,  and  as  near  the  ships  as  may  be,  so  that  at 
a  given  sign,  they  may  throw  their  fire  into  the  ships,  with  such 
abundance  that  it  may  not  be  quenched,  and  scour  the  shore  with 
their  muskets  at  the  same  time,  so  that  none  shall  dare  to  advance 
upon  them. 


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1584?  ^°^-  xxvin. 

If  this  be  a  hard  enterprize  for  those  that  execute  it,  it  is  no  less 
dangerous  for  us ;  putting  the  hazard  of  the  soldiers  with  the 
profit  of  the  master,  200  man  would  be  well  given  to  devour  in 
our  own  havens  that  which  should  give  them  battle,  and  all  their 
force,  and  in  their  own  sea.  I  leave  it  to  you  as  to  what  negligence 
there  is  on  our  side,  to  promise  them  hope  in  this  attempt,  or 
whether  there  be  any  in  Kent  that  bear  a  finger  to  this  band. 

There  are  about  the  west  quarters  of  Flanders  some  English 
traitors  who  were  to  lead  this  army.  Not  long  since,  an  Irishman 
passed  in  post  into  Spain,  under  colour  of  being  a  Fleming.  I  saw 
him  myself  once  at  Rouen,  and  he  had  then  been  to  Paris,  with 
Bernardin  de  Mendoza.  There  is  also  an  Englishman  at  Paris  who 
haunts  the  company  of  Hans,  a  Dutchman,  and  who  is  the  right 
hand  of  Bernardin  de  Mendoza,  and  knows  all  our  countrymen. 
This  fellow  is  stricken  in  years,  and  much  like  Sheldon.  Be  secret, 
as  you  would  see  that  I  shall  live  to  discover  affairs  of  greater 
consequence.  Aubeterre  is  17  leagues  nearer  Paris  than  Bourdeaux, 
towards  the  country  of  Perigord,  by  the  frontiers  of  Limoges,  and 
seven  leagues  from  Chateauneuf,  and  six  from  Barbeaieux,  where 
the  posts  pass  into  Spain ;  if  you  write  me,  do  so  in  French,  and 
use  an  alphabet,*  so  that  if  my  letters  be  opened,  they  may  not  be 
understood ;  and  direct  them  to  Mons.  Copell,  solicitor  to  the  Lord 
of  Aubeterre,  at  the  sign  God  of  Love,  St.  Jaques  Street,  Paris. 
[3i  pages.] 

1584. 
March  18.  64.  Sir  John  Forster  to  the  Council,  I  received  your  and  Lord 
Near  Alnwick,  gcrope's  letters,  but  I  cannot  get  any  direct  answer  from  the  Warden 
opposite,  so  that  you  might  advise  as  the  case  should  require. 
Touching  the  two  English  gentlemen  conveyed  through  _  the  West 
Marches  to  Fernihurst  in  Scotland,  I  received  no  information  thereof 
from  Lord  Scrope,  but  by  my  servants,  whom  I  sent  to  Feather- 
stonehaugh,  being  the  furthermost  part  of  my  wardeniy,  to  appre- 
hend Alex.  Featherstone,  thinking  to  have  examined  him,  but  he 
had  ridden  away.  I  have  however  apprehended  three  of  his 
servants,  and  enclose  copy  of  their  examinations,  the  originals 
having  been  sent  to  the  Lord  President;  I  have  the  parties  in 
ward  until  your  further  pleasure  is  known.  Their  master  has  either 
gone  to  London  or  to  my  Lord  President  at  York,  who,  being  his 
lord  and  master,  will  take  order  for  his  safety.  I  hear  the  gentle- 
men were  conveyed  to  Fernihurst,  and  thence  to  the  King  of 
Scotland,  where  they  were  well  entertained,  and  thence  sent  over 
the  water  to  the  Earl  of  Huntly.  I  cannot  learn  their  names, 
nor  what  became  of  the  third  gentleman,  but  will  inquire  further. 
[1  page.]    Unclosing, 

64.  I.  Examination  of  Thomas  Blaildoch  before  Sir  John 
Forster.  Three  strange  gentlemen  came  by  themselves 
to  his  master's  house  during  his  absence,  and  left  the 
next  day;  had  nothing  to  do  with  conveying  them  to 

*  The  usual  phrase  for  a  cipher  alphabet. 

H  2 


116  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1584. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


Thomas  Armstrong's  house,  nor  ever  saw  Armstrong  at 
his  master's  house.    Also, 

Like  examination  of  John  Waugh.  When  the  three 
strangers  came  to  his  master's  house  at  Featherstone- 
haugh,  he  and  his  master  rode  away  before  sunrise  the 
next  morning  to  Mr.  Salkeld's,  at  Eastall,  where  they 
remained  until  the  strangers  had  left.     Also, 

Like  examination  of  Geo.  Waugh.  His  master  was 
present  on  the  arrival  of  the  three  gentlemen  at  his  house. 
Examinate  attended  on  them  during  their  stay  of  two 
nights  and  one  day.  'Never  saw  Thomas  Arm,strong,  of 
the  Ashe,  there.  Alnwick,  9  March  1584. 

With  later  note,  that  being  re-examined  18  March,  he 
said  that  his  m,aster  was  at  home  the  Wednesday  night 
that  the  strangers  were  there,  but  rode  aivay  the  next 
morning.     [1^  'pages,  copy.1 

March  18.  65.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.  I  have  examined 
CarHsle.  Mr.  Mddleton,  of  Middleton  Hall,  Dixon,  his  servant,  and  the  two 
Skeltons,  concerning  the  passage  of  the  two  strangers  into  Scotland, 
and  enclose  their  examinations.  I  have  taken  order  that  they  remain 
in  Carlisle  until  their  Lordships'  pleasure  is  known,  and  Dixon 
I  have  committed  to  close  ward.  I  hear  that  the  names  of  the 
gentlemen  were  Fulgyham  [Foljambe  ?]  and  Dunstede  ;  but  they 
named  themselves  Brown  and  Smith.  I  send  a  description  of  them. 
I  did  not  inform  Sir  John  Forster,  not  having  dealt  in  the  matter 
myself ;  but  have  now  sent  him  their  Lordships'  letter. 

P.S. — Say  whether  my  letters  of  8  Feb.,  concerning  the  passage 
of  these  strangers,  came  to  hand.     [1  page.]     Enclosing, 

65.  I.  Examination  of  Edw.  Middleton,  of  Middleton  Hall,  co. 
Westmoreland,  before  Lord  Scrope.  Two  gentleTnen  were 
at  his  house  last  January,  with  Thomas,  son  of  Anthony 
Layton.  Coming  from,  York,  Tnet  them  a  mile  from  his 
house ;  Layton  craved  a  night's  lodging  for  himself  and 
friends ;  they  abode  there  all  night,  and  departed  next 
morning,  without  seeing  deponent. 

Did  not  send  his  servant,  Dixon,  with  them  as  a  guide, 
but  believes  he  went  on  his  own  accov/nt.  The  two  gentle- 
men were  perfect  strangers  to  him ;  had  known  Layton  20 
years  ;  he  said  they  had  come  from  Lancaster,  and  were 
going  to  Newcastle.  Dixon  has  served  him  and  his  father 
16  years.  Layton  again  lodged  at  his  house  one  night 
on  his  return  10  days  after,  and  said  he  had  been  to 
Newcastle.    He  mostly  lives  in  Lancashire.     [2|  page.] 

16  March  1584. 

65.  II.  Like  examination  of  Wm,  Skelton,  of  Armathwait,  co> 
Cumberland.  Was  informed  by  his  servants  that  four 
men  lodged  at  his  house  on  Tuesday,  21  Jan.,  but  knows 
nothing  more,  as  himself,  wife,  and  son  were  at  Jas. 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  117 


1584. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

Warco'p's,  in  Westmoreland.  Never  knew  Thomas,  son 
of  Anthony  Lay  ton,  nor  the  four  men  who  stayed  at  his 
house.    Also, 

Like  examination  of  Lancelot,  son  of  Win.  Skelton, 
gentleman.  Was  from,  home,  with  his  father  when  the 
four  men  lodged  there,  and  only  knows  what  his  father's 
servants  told  him,  that  as  they  could  not  get  meat  or 
lodging  at  Thos.  Garthe's,  who  kept  a  tippling  house  in 
the  town,  they  came  to  his  father's,  and  remained  there 
all  night.  Knows  Bioaon,  having  seen  him,  at  Edw. 
Middleton's.     m  pages.}  16  March  ISSi. 

6.5.  III.  Like  exa/mi/nation  of  Robert  Dixon,  servant  to  Edw. 
Middleton.  Was  at  his  master's  house  when  Layton 
and  the  two  strangers  lodged  there,  and  having  that 
night  moved  his  m,istress  to  get  leave  of  his  master  to 
allow  him  to  ride  next  day  to  Mr.  Featherstonehaugh,  at 
Featherstonehaugh,  overtook  Layton  and  the  strangers, 
who  had  started  before  on  the  road ;  Layton  asking  for  a 
tippling  house,  where  they  might  get  meat  for  themselves 
and  their  horses,  he  took  them,  to  Thos.  Oarthe's,  at 
Armathwait,  and  then  rode  on  to  the  castle.  Shortly 
after  Layton  came  to  the  castle,  and  inquired  if  they 
might  have  stabling  and  hay  for  their  horses;  told  the 
servants  that  Layton  was  cousin  to  his  master,  so  they 
let  them  have  stabling  and  lodging  that  night,  whereupon 
they  all  returned  to  Garthe's  house,  where  they  supped  vnth 
the  vicar  of  Kendall  amd  another  minister,  and  returned 
to  the  castle,  where  they  slept.  Next  morning  they  went 
to  Featherstonehaugh  Hall,  where  they  stayed  all  night, 
and  dined  with  Mr.  Featherstonehaugh.  Left  Layton 
and  the  tvM  strangers  there  in  bed,  and  came  away 
with  Mr.  Featherstonehaugh,  who  said  he  was  going  to 
Mr.  Lowther's  of  Lowther,  and  then  to  Mr.  Salkeld  of 
Eosgill  [Rastall  ?].  Went  to  Mr.  Lamcaster  of  Sockbridge, 
and  the  next  day  rode  home  to  Middleton  Hall. 

Went  to  Mr.  Featherstonehaugh  for  advice  in  the 
marriage  of  a  wench  dwelling  on  his  master's  land. 
Knew  Layton  from  his  frequenting  his  master's  house, 
but  not  his  name,  nor  where  lie  dwelt,  and  has  not  seen 
him  there  since.  Kneiu  nothing  of  the  strangers,  save 
that  Layton  said  their  names  were  Brown  _  and  Smith, 
and  had  little  talk  with  them,  but  perceived  that  the 
tallest  gentleman  was  the  best  man,  as  he  took  the  fore- 
most place.      [2f  pages.]  17  March  1584. 

65.  IV.  Note  that  two  gentlemen  passed  to  Lady  Fernihurst's  ; 
one  tall  with  fair  hair,  in  a  leather  doublet,  with  silver 
and  silk  lace  very  thickly  laid  on,  and  the  other,  also  tall 
and  of  sallow  complexion,  in  a  black  doublet  and  hose 
laid  with  black  lace,  amd  lined  with  taffeta.     \_\  pagel] 


118  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1584.  V«^-  ^^^11- 

[March.]  66.  Petition  of  Francis  Dacre  to  the  Queen.  You  ordered,  in  the 
contest  between  Philip  Earl  of  Arundel  and  Lord  William  [Howard] 
his  brother,  and  their  wives,  and  me,  Fras.  Dacre,  that  all  former 
orders  in  Council  should  be  void,  whereby  I  was  to  receive  the  attur- 
nement  and  rents  of  such  tenants  as  voluntarily  paid  them,  and  we 
were  ordered  to  keep  the  peace ;  but  Lord  William  has  been  rioting, 
for  on  14  April  last,  I  came  peaceably  to  Morpeth,  to  receive  at- 
turuement  of  the  tenants,  who  requested  me  to  be  at  the  next  court ; 
I  came  April  23rd ;  but  towards  evening,  120  persons,  armed, 
came  to  town,  by  procurement  of  Edw.  Grey,  officer  to  the  Earl  and 
Lord  William,  and  beset  my  house  to  murder  me,  and  in  presence 
of  Sir  John  Forster,  warden  of  the  Middle  Marches,  who  favoured 
them,  prevented  the  corporation  of  Morpeth  from  keeping  the  court, 
had  the  mayor  taken  away,  and  swore  in  a  jury  of  foreigners, 
though  they  could  not  make  up  12  without  taking  one  who  lately 
lord  of  misrule.     I  made  no  resistance. 

Sir  J.  Forster  favours  them,  because  he  holds  1 00  marks  of  land 
from  Lord  William  Howard,  and  is  uncle  to  Edw.  Grey,  who  has 
like  lands,  value  200?.  a  year,  and  whose  brother.  Sir  Thos.  Grey, 
married  the  daughter  of  the  late  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  and  is 
also  nephew  to  the  said  Lord  Warden. 

In  May  last,  armed  servants  of  Lord  William  murderously  as- 
saulted the  tenants  who  had  atturned  to  me,  in  their  houses,  with 
concurrence  of  the  Lord  Warden's  officers.  Every  market  day  his 
company  goes  to  Brampton,  Cumberland,  and  threatens  those  who 
bear  good  will  to  me.  I  think  they  are  set  on  by  Lord  William, 
for  when  on  10  April  last  he  came  to  Newcastle,  there  went  16  of 
them  to  welcome  him,  all  of  whom  are  guilty  of  murder  or  felony. 

On  4  May  last,  when  I  went  to  Greystock  to  keep  court  and 
receive  atturnement,  my  bridle  was  seized  by  officers  of  the  Earl  of 
Arundel,  and  the  court  twice  disturbed  by  them.  Pray  summon 
the  said  Lord  William,  Edw.  Grey,  and  the  others  to  answer  before 
Council.     [I  sheet.    See  Domestic  EUz.,  Vol.  CLXIX.,  No.  43.] 

April  5.  67.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  taken  bonds 
CarHsle.  of  the  two  Skeltons  to  appear  before  their  Lordships,  and  one  in 
1,000L  of  Mr.  Middleton  and  others,  that  he  and  his  servant,  Eoberfc 
Dixon,  shall  appear  before  them  on  Monday  the  20th  inst.,  to  an- 
swer matters  laid  to  their  charge,  and  not  to  depart  without  licence. 
Middleton  is  a  noted  papist,  and  a  great  friend  of  Gerard  Lowther, 
whose  brother  married  his  sister.  It  appears,  by  examinations  sent 
their  Lordships  from  Sir  John  Forster,  that  persons  have  been  con- 
veyed out  of  this  realm  into  Scotland  more  than  once,  and  they 
therefore  will  me  to  inquire  into  it ;  but  I  assure  you  that  none  have 
passed  through  my  office,  but  the  two  I  advertised,  since  last 
Michaelmas,  neither  have  there  been  since,  within  the  opposite  march 
of  Scotland  against  me,  any  Englishmen  of  that  condition  received 
or  harboured,  save  one  who  was  with  the  Laird  of  Cockpool,  at  his 
house  called  Cumlungan ;  but  what  he  was,  or  which  way  he  passed 
I  know  not.    Of  these  two  late  passengers,  the  lesser  man  carried 


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1584 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


the  more  credit,  as  at  his  first  coming  to  Lady  Fernihurst,  he 
delivered  her  a  letter,  whereupon  they  were  well  entertained  by  her. 
[1  page.] 

April  10.  68.  Charles  Danvers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  have  often  wished 
Paris.  to  write  to  you  in  French,  to  tell  you  the  need  I  feel  of  employing 
my  time  well,  and  how  far  I  am  from  perfection.  It  is  better  to 
thank  you  in  a  few  badly  expressed  words  for  your  goodness,  than 
■  to  fail  in  my  dutj'^.  Amongst  other  favours  to  myself  and  my  father, 
I  have  especially  to  thank  you  for  procuring  my  licence  to  travel. 
The  profit  which  I  may  receive  1  vow  to  devote  to  your  service. 

May  1.  69.  [Wm.  Camsew  ?]  to  Anthony  Eous.   I  have  just  cause  to  praise 

Bokelley.  your  love  towards  me,  which  I  am  bound  to  requite.  I  am  sorry 
that  business  importunes  me  to  defer  repairing  to  your  house,  so 
that  I  cannot  perform  what  I  am  anxious  to  accomplish ;  but  will 
do  so  with  as  great  speed  as  God  shall  afi'ord  me  leisure.  [Scrap. 
See  Calendar  Elizabeth,  1584,  Jan.  15.] 

May  [20].  70.  The  Council  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  Her  Majesty  in- 
tends to  have  10,000  able  foot  and  400  light  horse  levied  and  put  in 
readiness,  within  the  several  ridings  of  co.  York,  and  to  commit  the 
charge  to  yourselfj  the  Earls  of  Eutland  and  Cumberland,  and  Lord 
Darcy,  as  persons  of  the  best  degree,  and  having  houses' of  residence 
in  that  county.  Lord  Scrope  and  Lord  Eure  are  also  very  meet, 
but  Scrope  is  to  attend  his  charge  at  Carlisle,  and  Eure  to  have 
charge  of  the  forces  of  the  Bishopric  of  Durham.  Although  we 
do  not  limit  your  charge,  we  impart  our  project  that  you,  as  Lord 
President,  should  have  3,000  men  under  your  charge,  to  be  chosen 
out  of  the  places  nearest  to  York,  as  well  out  of  the  limits  of  the 
ridings  next  adjoining  as  the  whole  power  of  the  Ainsty ;  the  Earl  of 
Eutland  to  have  charge  of  300,  to  be  levied  in  the'North  and  East 
Eidings,  nearest  to  his  castle  of  Helmsley ;  the  Earl  of  Cumberland 
the  like  number  out  of  the  West  and  North  Eidings,  nearest  his 
castle  of  Skipton ;  Lord  Darcy  1,000  out  of  the  places  nearest  to 
him,  and  the  whole  to  be  committed  to  knights  and  gentlemen 
able  to  lead  fi-om  100  to  300  each. 

We  doubt  not  but  that  this  number  of  10,000,  amongst  the  42,000 
able  men  certified  upon  the  last  musters,  may  with  ease  to  the 
country  be  levied  and  furnished,  for  defence  of  the  realm  towards 
Scotland.  Yet  as  the  estate  of  that  country  is  best  known  to  you, 
Her  Majesty  wishes  to  be  first  informed  thereof,  when  you  will 
receive  her  further  directions. 

You  are  also  to  certify  to  us  what  state  of  hvmg  and  number  of 
tenants  each  of  the  said  noblemen  has,  and  what  number  of  able 
men  may  be  levied  in  each  riding,  and  how  they  are  furnished  with 
weapons,  as  your  last  certificate  does  not  express  the  kinds  found. 
You  are  also  to  certify  how  the  400  light  horse  are  to  be  had  and 
furnished  within  the  county,  and  what  order  ytfu  have  taken  for 
maintaining  those  ahceady  certified,  and  how  the  country  is  at  present 
furnished  with  horses  and  men. 


120  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,^o,  •  Vol.  XXVIII. 

1584. 

As  Her  Majesty  intends  to  have  some  men  levied  and  furnished 
within  the  Bishopric  of  Durham,  under  Lord  Eure,  by  permission  of 
the  Bishop,  you  are  also  to  send  a  certificate  of  the  number  of  able 
men  and  the  armour  last  viewed  by  the  Bishop  there,  so  that  as 
many  may  be  selected  as  are  needed. 

U^e  expedition  in  sending  a  certificate  of  the  state  of  the  forts,  and 
of  the  decays  and  wants,  and  an  estimate  of  the  charge  for  their 
repair,  and  the  necessary  defence  of  those  parts. 

Advertise  us  how  soon  you  can  proceed  to  the  execution  of  your 
commission  of  the  statute  for  fortifying  the  frontiers  ;  Her  Majesty 
is  so  earnest  for  speed  that  she  blames  us  that  it  has  not  been  exe- 
cuted since  the  making  of  the  statute ;  and  it  being  a  matter  of 
importance,  and  the  time  so  long  past,  we  have  promised  her  there 
shall  be  no  more  delay.  With  marginal  notes,  being  an  abstract  of 
contents.     [2  pages-l 

May  [20].       71 .  Copy  of  the  above,  without  the  marginal  notes.     [2^  pages.] 

May  20.  72.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  the  Queen.  Allow  me  in  the  most 
Carlisle.  dutiful  manner  to  acknowledge  your  bountifulness  towards  me,  in 
advancing  me  to  be  one  of  your  most  honourable  Order  of  the  Garter ; 
I  trust  you  will  always  find  me  loyal  and  dutiful  towards  you, 
and  ready  to  render  any  service  that  may  be  required.  [J  page, 
damaged.] 

May  24.  73.  Note  that  a  woman  was  charged  by  Wm.  Beckwitb,  of  Eipon, 
with  witchcraft  and  high  treason  touching  the  supremacy,  and  in- 
dicted three  days  before  Christmas.  Beckwith  informed  Mr.  Cheek 
and  Mr.  Meeres,  two  of  the  Council  of  York,  who,  in  the  absence  of 
the  rest,  granted  a  commission  to  Sir  Wm.  Mallory  and  Mr.  Wands- 
ford,  to  examine  witnesses  on  such  interrogatories  as  Beckwith 
should  put. 

Thereupon  the  Archbishop  complained  to  the  rest  of  the  Council 
that  Cheek  and  Meeres  had  done  him  wrong  in  granting  such  a 
commission,  as  it  was  infringing  on  his  franchise,  and  therefore 
prayed  that  it  might  be  called  in  and  annulled.  After  hearing  the 
cause,  the  Council  allowed  the  commission,  and  affirmed  that  for 
the  Queen  they  might  do  the  like  in  any  liberty,  upon  like  occasion. 
The  Archbishop  then  threatened  to  complain  to  Her  Majesty,  as  it 
was  her  pleasure  that  he  should  have  no  wrong,  and  excused  the 
woman  of  the  matters  whereof  she  was  indicted.  Some  of  the 
Council  wished  him  to  beware  how  he  entered  into  a  defence  of 
high  treason.  Sir  Wm.  Mallory  and  Mr.  Wandsford  proceeded 
according  to  their  commission,  and  the  woman  was  condemned 
at  the  Lent  assizes  at  York.  If  Sir  William  or  any  of  his  men 
had  dealt  otherwise  than  their  commission  warranted,  the  Arch- 
bishop himself  would  have  seen  reformation,  or  acquainted  the 
Council.  Mr.  Hurleston,  one  of  the  Council  at  York,  can  testify  thus 
muclr,  and  Mr.  Dawson,  servant  to-  the  Lord  Treasurer,  and  a  near 
neighbour  in  Ripon,  now  in  town,  can  testify  to  such  matters. 
[1  page.] 


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May. 


May  30. 

Berwick. 


fjune  5. 
Hamburg. 


Vol.  XXVIII.  ■ 

74.  Note  that  Sir  Wm.  Mallory  granted  a  warrant  to  his  own 
man,  being  the  special  bailiff,  to  arrest  the  minister's  wife  of  Ripon, 
and  bring  her  before  him,  out  of  the  Archbishop's  franchise,  to  testify 

Jagainst  a  woman  condemned  in  a  prcemunire  long  before  the 
bailiff  arrested  her ;  taking  her  from  her  husband  in  the  church, 
during  the  time  of  the  Archbishop's  sermon,  and  carrying  her  to 
Sir  Wm.  Mallory's  house  out  of  the  franchise.  Endorsed,  Informa- 
tion against  Sir  Wm.  Mallory  [by  Lord  Burghley.     ^  page.] 

75.  Sir  Henry  Wodrington  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  On  the  28th, 
two  strangers  arrived  in  the  town,  and  took  up  their  lodging  for 
the  night,  without  being  presented  to  me  by  their  host,  as  the 
manner  is  for  all  strangers  that  come,  until  three  o'clock  next  day. 
As  they  had  given  out  they  were  going  into  Scotland,  I  sent  for 
and  examined  them.  One  says  that  he  is  Eichard  Glassop,  woollen 
draper  of  Nottingham,  and  come  here  to  seek  entertainment,  and 
accompany  his  friend  into  Scotland,  where  he  has  never  been.  That 
he  came  from  Nottingham  last  Sunday,  and  met  his  friend  at 
Buxton  by  appointment,  where  they  remained  five  days,  and  saw 
two  of  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury's  gentlemen,  Rewksby,  of  Skyershill, 
and  another,  whose  name  he  forgot,  who  dwelt  at  Thundercliffe 
Grange,  with  whom  they  came  to  Sheffield,  and  there  parted.  The 
other  says  his  name  is  Nicholas  Shepard,  amd  first  that  he  was 
a  gentleman,  and  then  a  yeoman,  also  of  Nottingham,  and  living  as 
a  fletcher  ;  and  that  having'  married  Katherine  Frisell,  formerly  a 
servant  to  the  Earl  of  Cumberland,  and  daughter  of  Frisell,  a  sadler 
of  Edinburgh,  was  going  to  Scotland,  to  claim  some  property  left 
her  by  her  father.  As  neither  of  them  have  brought  any  letters  or 
tokens,  from  councillor,  magistrate,  or  other,  I  am  suspicious  of  them, 
and  have  detained  them  until  your  pleasure  is  known.     [2  pages.} 

76.  Nicholas  Moore  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  At  my  being  in  Eng- 
land last  winter,  having  a  suit  to  Her  Majesty  for  a  licence  to  make 
glass  within  her  realm,  as  also  a  controversy  in  the  Merchant 
Adventurers'  Court,  through  means  of  my  brother,  Owen  Moore, 
I  craved  your  furtherance  in  my  suit,  and  your  letters  of  credit  to 
our  Company  in  my  behalf ;  one  request  you  granted,  and  promised 
consideration  of  the  other.  As  you  will  find  that  it  will  not  be 
prejudicial  to  the  realm,  pray  grant  it,  and  I  shall  rest  largely 
indebted  to  you. 

It  has  pleased  God  to  show  his  fearful  judgments  upon  an  English- 
man who  came  to  Hamburg  last  May.  I  believe  you  have  heard 
of  it  from  a  gentleman  named  Saunders,  who  has  brought  you 
word  •  but  as  I  find  conveyance,  I  tell  it,  the  rather  that  it  touches 
you  and  Her  Majesty.  The  party  was  accompanied  with  one  of 
Julius,  Duke  of  Brunswick's  men,  and  an  apotliecary  of  this 
country,  who  fell  into  his  company  at  Leipsic,  seven  days'  journey 
hence.  He  told  the  latter  that  he  was  an  English  earl,  and  came 
fromjVenice,  and  passing  by  the  Duke  of  Brunswick's  castle,  he  was, 
at  his  own  request,  presented  to  the  .Duke,  and  passed  himself  off  as 


122 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1584. 


June  If. 

Your  house, 
at  Paris. 


June  25. 

Newcastle. 


June  28. 

Newcastle. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 

E.  Fras.  Walsingham,  your  son  ;  he  was  honourably  entertained  by 
the  Duke,  the  young  dukes,  and  other  noblemen  and  gentlemen  in 
the  Duke's  court.  He  also  borrowed  of  one  of  the  Duke's  gentlemen 
50  rix  dollars,  121.  sterling,  and  gave  a  bill  in  French,  in  the  name 
aforesaid,  payable  at  Hamburg.  On  taking  his  leave  of  the  Duke,  his 
Grace,  to  know  whether  he  was  the  person  he  represented  himself, 
commanded  one  of  his  men  to  travel  with  him  into  this  town,  and 
ascertain  it,  and  bring  the  rix  dollars,  and  gave  the  man  letters 
of  credit  from  gentlemen  of  his  (the  Duke's)  court  to  their  acquaint- 
ance here,  for  his  honourable  entertainment. 

I,  having  intelligence  of  his  coming,  went  to  his  lodgings,  when 
he  told  me  how  he  had  taken  upon  himself  your  credit  in  the 
Duke's  court,  and  that  his  name  was  Finch,  of  Faversham,  Kent, 
kinsman  to  Anthony  Finch  ;  and  that  knowing  divers  gentlemen 
in  that  shire,  he  had  got  Lord  Cobham  to  be  his  friend,  and  had 
been  in  France  with  his  honour's  brother,  ambassador  there. 
Finding  him  troubled  in  mind,  I  departed,  willing  the  hostess  of 
the  house  and  others  to  have  regard  to  him.  Early  the  next 
morning,  I  was  sent  for,  as  he  had  cut  his  throat,  and  given  himself 
six  or  seven  wounds  in  his  body.  Before  my  coming,  an  English 
merchant  lodging  in  the  same  house,  caused  him  to  set  down  in 
writing  why  he  destroyed  himself;  which  was  that  three  or  four 
men  came  to  him  and  willed  him  to  do  it,  as  the  merchants  bad 
concluded  he  would  be  burnt  alive.  He  wrote  his  name  Anthony 
Plesto,  gentleman,  by  Sittingbourne,  Kent,  kinsman  to  Mr.  Plesto, 
servant  with  my  Lord  Howard. 

After  my  arrival  he  lived  an  hour,  and  had  two  surgeons  and  a 
preacher  with  him.  He  took  the  latter  fast  by  the  hand,  and  held 
it,  which  was  some  token  of  repentance.  Before  he  died,  the  Duke 
of  Brunswick's  man  came,  when  he  seemed  angry  with  him,  and 
said,  "  Ego  sum  ndbilis,"  which  were  all  the  words  he  said.  He 
was  35  years  old,  of  mean  stature,  and  knew  nine  or  ten  languages. 
No  letters  nor  anything  of  value  was  found  upon  him.     [S  J  fCLges^ 

77.  Nich.  Cabry  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  you  are  curious  about 
rarities,  I  send  you  word  that  I  have  got  two  boxes  of  treacle  of 
Cairo,  the  seed  of  true  ammonium,  very  aromatic,  of  which  I  send 
you  a  little  box.  Also  a  piece  of  Oriental  unicorn  horn,  weighing 
seven  crowns,  much  more  certain  than  the  common  which  we  use 
daily.  Also  a  box  of  Muscardins,  like  I  sent  you  last.  Mr.  Coq 
has  paid  me  for  them.     [1  page,  French^ 

78.  Henry  Anderson  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  yours 
of  the  21st  inst.,  with  certain  copies,  of  a  greater  matter  than  I 
think  you  meant  for  me,  but  having  no  directions,  I  send  them 
back.    [1  page.l 

79.  Hen.  Anderson  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  yours  in 
favour  of  the  bearer,  and  will  satisfy  your  desire  as  I  shall  be  able. 
I  also  received  your  packet,  but  as  it  did  not  appear  to  be  for 
me,  I  sent  it  back.     The  posts  assert  there  is  danger  in  carrying 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  123 


1584.  V«^-  XX^n- 

letters  to  the  Lord  President,  but  if  its  being  directed  for  Her 
Majesty's  service  and  subscribed  by  me  is  any  hindrance,  I  leave 
it  to  your  consideration.     [1  page.] 

June  ?  80.  Part  of  a  book  containing  an  abstract  of  the  report  of  the 

commissioners  appointed  to  survey  the  decays  of  the  Borders,  giving 
the  names  of  the  townships  and  landlords,  number  of  tenements 
standing  and  decayed,  and  services  of  horsemen  and  footmen. 
Middle  Marches,  decayed  407  \ff.  104-110].  Causes  of  decay  ;  back- 
rents,  incursions  of  Scots,  subdivision  of  tenements,  and  means  to 
repair  the  same  [/.HO  6].  East  Marches,  decayed,  947  [ff.  114- 
119].  Causes  of  decay ;  stealing  and  incursions  of  the  Scots,  want 
of  entertainment  of  country  gentlemen  by  Princes  in  war  time ; 
want  of  watching  the  Borders  ;  grant  of  leases  in  reversion  ;  letting 
of  tenements  to  ploughmen,  &c. ;  non-residence  of  owners  ;  enclosure 
of  grounds  to  add  to  the  owners'  domains ;  the  Queen's  holding  of 
lands  during  minorities,  and  controversies  among  gentlemen ;  with 
suggestions  for  remedy  [/.  120].  West  Marches ;  Cumberland, 
decayed,  426;  Westmoreland,  231  [pp.  122-133].  Bishopric  of 
Durham,  209  [pp.  134, 135].  Brief  of  total  decays,  2,200  [/.  138]. 
Estimate  of  the  charge  for  repairing  the  said  decays  [f.  140]. 

Also  abstract  of  the  causes  which  have  led  to  the  decays, 
chiefly  in  the  Middle  Marches ;  viz.,  the  long  peace  ;  exactions  of 
owners  and  possessioners ;  Her  Majesty's  possessions  there  leased  to 
inland  men  ;  absence  of  captains  and  keepers  of  castles,  forts,  and 
houses  of  defence ;  private  quarrels  among  the  gentlemen ;  dearth 
and  scarcity  of  horses ;  sale  of  horses  into  Scotland,  &c.  Also 
suggestions  for  redress  of  decays,  by  obviating  each  of  these  causes. 
[pp.  142,  143.] 

June?  81.  Copy  of  the  preceding  abstract.     [2^  pages,  forming  ff.  1*7  i- 

175  seemingly  of  the  same  book'] 

List  of  15  lordships  and  manors  in  the  county  palatine  of  Durham 
whereon  the  late  owners  resided.     [/.  172  m  the  same  book] 

June  ?  82.  Copy  of  the  brief  of  the  total  decays  in  the  said  Borders. 

[1  page.] 

[June.]  83.  Petition  of  William  Marquis  of  Winchester  to  the  Queen. 
Edward  VI.,  on  26  Jan.  1550,  granted  the  manors  of  Edington,  Steple 
Ashton,  Imber,  Godenham,  West  Moncton,  Ashecott,  Northstocke, 
Nuttingbarnes  and  Goddesfield,  the  tithing  of  Lee,  the  rectory  and 
site  of  the  monastery  and  manor  of  Edington  and  Romsey,  and  the 
grange  of  Bratton,  to  William,  late  Marquis  of  Winchester,  petitioner's 
grandfather.  Near  the  manor  of  Edington  is  Edington  wood ;  in 
the  parishes  of  Steple  Ashton  and  Maiden  Bradley  are  certain 
parcels  of  land  called  Littleton's  wood,  &c.  The  entire  wood  has 
Ion"  been  reputed  to  belong  to  Edington  manor,  but  a  question  has 
lately  arisen  in  law,  if  it  be  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Edington  or 
of  Steple  Ashton. 


124 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


15S4. 


July  3. 

Carlisle. 


July  5. 
South-well. 


Vol.  XXVin. 

In  1550,  Edward  YI.  granted  another  similar  patent  to  petitioner's 
grandfather,  containing  the  lands  before  mentioned  and  others,  with 
all  appurtenances  deemed  to  belong  thereto  ;  and  although  Steple 
Ashton  manor  was  omitted,  yet  the  meaning  was  to  pass  the  said 
woods  to  petitioner's  grandfather,  with  Edington  manor,  as  he 
enjoyed  it  during  his  life,  and  before  his  time  Sir  Thos.  Seymour, 
by  virtue  of  a  patent  of  Edington  manor,  has  been  in  possession 
thereof;  but  now  of  late  some  have  obtained  leases  from  Her 
Majesty  of  the  woods,  as  parcel  of  Steple  Ashton  and  as  concealed 
lands  ;  being  sued  in  the  Exchequer,  he,  by  advice  of  his  counsel, 
stood  upon  the  general  words  of  the  last  patent,  and  demuired, 
but  judgment  was  given  against  him.  This  judgment  only  grew 
upon  mispleading  the  last  patent,  and  the  right  of  petitioner's  first 
patent  was  not  raised  or  impeached  thereby,  and  yet  any  attempt 
to  get  a  reversal  of  such  judgment  will  be  tedious  and  troublesome. 

For  remedy  thereof,  prays, — seeing  these  are  manors  and  lands 
contained  in  the  first  but  not  the  second  patent,  whereof  Her 
Majesty  has  taken  the  profits  ever  since  the  beginning  of  her  reign, 
and  thereby  made  a  title  thereto ;  but  the  right  thereof,  by  the 
first  letters  patent,  is  nevertheless  vested  in  petitioner,  and  on  the 
other  side,  the  possession  of  the  lands  contained  in  the  second 
patent,  and  of  the  said  woods  has  always  continued  first  in  Sir 
Thos.  Seymour,  and  afterwards  in  petitioner's  grandfather,  father, 
and  himself,  with  Edington  manor,  according  to  both  patents, — that 
Her  Majesty  will  issue  a  warrant  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  to  accept 
a  surrender  from  him  of  all  his  right  in  Steple  Ashton,  and  all 
other  manors  and  lands  contained  in  the  first  letters  patent,  and 
in  consideration  thereof,  that  the  first  patent  shall  stand  in  force 
as  to  the  woods  only,  whereof  the  possession  has  continued  in 
his  ancestors  and  himself  Also  that  she  will  confirm  his  estate 
in  such  woods,  according  to  equity  and  the  true  meaning  of 
such  patent.  [1  parchment  sheet.  See  Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  GLIV., 
No.  26.] 

84.  Examination  of  Thomas  Baytman  of  Reading,  co.  Berks, 
before  Henry  Lord  Scrope.  Has  served  in  the  King's  Bench  under 
Mr.  Kaisby  four  years,  and  upon  the  escape  of  Thos.  Pain,  a  prisoner 
there  last  Candlemas,  for  goodwill  towards  the  party  who  had  the 
keeping  of  him,  and  to  whom  he  was  indebted,  had  travelled  to 
Lynn,  Hull,  and  Newcastle  and  at  last  come  hither,  in  hopes  of 
finding  him.  Has  been  a  dealer,  and  had  trafiic  by  sea,  and  dwelt 
in  Bread  Street,  London,  but  having  fallen  into  decay  through  loss, 
has  brought  his  wife  to  Penrith.  Had  alsd  occasion  to  come  into 
this  country  about  a  tenement  in  Biasing  bank,  Kendall  parish,  to 
which  he  claims  to  be  entitled  by  descent  of  his  ancestors,  having 
tenant  right  thereof,     [f  page.'] 

85.  Edwin  Archbishop  of  York  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Learning 
that  the  inhabitants  of  Halifax  are  very  desirous  of  markets  and 
fairs  to  be  held  there,  and  that  the  justices  near  have  certified  how 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


125 


1584. 


July  8. 
Richmond. 


July  11. 

Guernsey. 


Vol.  XXVlll. 

necessary  they  were  for  that  country,  and  have  set  down  their 
reasons  accordingly,  as  they  are  a  good  people,  and  well  deserve  to 
be  considered,  I  earnestly  commend  their  cause  to  your  consideration, 
[i  PO'ge-'] 

86.  The  Queen  to  Derick  Anthony,  graver  of  the  Mint,  and  to 
Nicholas  Hildyard.  As  our  Great  Seal  by  much  use  waxes  un- 
serviceable, we  have  resolved  that  a  new  one  shall  be  made.  We 
therefore  desire  you  to  emboss  in  lead,  wax,  or  other  fit  stuff, 
patterns  for  a  new  one,  according  to  the  last  pattern  made  upon 
parchment  by  yon,  Hildyard,  and  allowed  by  us  ;  and  by  the  same 
pattern  to  engrave  and  bring  to  perfection  with  speed  a  new  Great 
Seal  in  silver,  of  convenient  massiveness,  in  form  as  near  as  may  be 
to  the  former,  and  when  finished,  deliver  it  to  our  Chancellor,  to  be 


July  14. 
Paris. 


July  20. 

York. 


by  him  brought  to  us. 


[I  page,  copy.] 


87.  John  Wigmore,  John  Blondell,  and  seven  others,  bailiff  and  jurats 
of  Guernsey,  to  Council.  Martha,  widow  of  Caspar  Olivier,  delivered 
us  your  letter  concerning  possession  of  a  water-mill  which  had  been 
granted  by  certain  commissioners  to  her  late  husband,  but  left  the 
island  without  waiting  a  reply,  because  a  reply  was  delayed  until 
the  corios  de  justice  some  of  whom  were  ill,  could  meet  and  confer, 
as  her  petition  contained  unknown  matters.  She  says  she  has  been 
dispossessed  by  a  grant  lately  made  to  Nich.  Delamarche,  and  yet 
12  years  ago,  Sir  T.  Leighton  seized  it  and  other  parcels,  by  virtue 
of  the  Queen's  letters.  It  was  put  in  the  Book  of  Extent,  according 
to  orders  of  9  Oct.  1580  and  30  July  1581,  and  has  since  been 
granted  to  Delamarche,  according  to  the  order  of  justice  in  this  isle, 
without  opposition  from  the  widow  or  others.  The  cause  does  not 
belong  to  her,  but  to  the  heirs  of  Olivier,  yet  we  would  have  helped 
her  if  we  could.     [1  page.]     Annexing, 

87.  I.  Petition  of  Nicholas  Martin,  Martha  Olivier,  and  Thomas 
Olivier  to  Council.  Full  and  quiet  possession  of  cer- 
tain mills  in  Guernsey,  yet  in  suit  for  confirmation, 
has  been  granted  them  by  their  Lordships ;  but  for  better 
assurance,  they  were  ordered  to  appear  this  term,  to 
answer  the  objections  of  Louis  de  Vic,  procurer,  and 
Nicholas  Be  la  Marche ;  have  been  compelled  by  their 
means  to  make  three  voyages  to  prove  their  ^  title  ;  beg 
allowance  for  their  charges,  according  to  their  honours' 
letter  to  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of  3  June  last,     [f  page.] 

88.  M.  Constable  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  understand,  by  my 
father,  continuance  of  your  good  liking  unworthily  had  of  me,  which, 
as  it  is  my  greatest  comfort,  I  must  confess  that  your  expectation  is 
the  heaviest  burden  I  shall  bear  in  my  travel,  which  seeing  your 
good  opinion  has  laid  it  on  me,  I  hope  by  your  good  advice  and 
means  to  be  able  to  bear  it.     [^  pccge.] 

89.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Council.  By  yours  of  20  May 
last,  you  signified  Her  Majesty's  intention  to  arm  10,000  foot  and 


126  DOMESTIC^ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1584. 


Vol.  XXVIII. 


400  light  horse  in  Yorkshire,  and  her  desire  to  be  informed  by  me  of 
the  present  state  of  the  country.  Upon  conference  with  the  gentle- 
men best  acquainted  with  it,  I  find  that  it  is  altogether  unable  to 
furnish  so  great  a  number  of  foot,  especially  as  there  is  not  armour 
in  the  country  suflScient  to  furnish  far  less ;  consider  what  a  burden 
it  would  be  for  them  to  provide  the  armour  wanting  with  ready 
money,  and  the  charge  which  the  country  not  long  since  sustained 
in  services  both  towards  Ireland  and  Scotland. 

Touching  the  400  light  horse  intended  to  be  levied  here,  having 
perused  all  the  certificates  lately  made  by  the  deputy  commissioners 
upon  views  there  taken,  I  do  not  find  in  the  whole  county  above  300 
light  horse ;  nevertheless  I  hope,  upon  any  needful  service,  the  number 
now  defective  will  be  supplied  by  the  good  will  and  forwardness  of 
the  noblemen  and  gentlemen  of  this  county,  upon  whom  the  whole 
burden  is  like  to  light.     [1  page.] 

July  22.  90.  Abstract  of  the  general  musters  of  the  county  palatine  of 
Durham,  taken  by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  Lord  President  of  the 
North,  on  21  and  22  July  1584 ;  viz.,  light  horsemen  furnished 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  county,  90  ;  archers  furnished,  370  ; 
billmen,  540  ;  total,  1,000.    Able  men  unfurnished,  1,000.    [^  page.'] 

July  22.        91.  Copy  of  the  above.     [|  page.] 

July  28.  92.  Propositions  of  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  with,  apostyles  of  the 
Council's  reply  thereto, — 

That  10,000  men  cannot  be  furnished  with  armour,  weapons,  &c., 
without  a  further  and  greater  charge  than  the  county  of  York  can 
sustain.  Ans.,  That  in  respect  of  former  charges.  Her  Majesty 
may  be  induced  to  require  only  6,000  men,  so  as  they  be  weU 
furnished  in  some  convenient  sort. 

Touching  the  400  light  horse,  he  thinks  the  proportion  great, 
as  the  country  is  very  meanly  furnished  of  serviceable  horses ;  in 
the  last  view  they  only  amounted  to  356.  Ans.,  The  leading 
of  the  400  is  to  be  committed  to  such  gentlemen  of  quality  as 
may  be  able  to  supply  the  number  wanting  with  their  own 
tenants  and  servants. 

He  desires  to  be  better  informed  of  the  Council's  project  for 
limitation  of  the  charge  of  the  said  10,000  to  himself  and  the 
other  three  lords.  Ans.,  It  is  meant  that  the  principal  charge 
shall  be  committed  in  time  of  service  to  his  Lordship,  and  the 
other  three  noblemen  shall  serve  under  him  as  principal  leaders, 
and  not  as  generals. 

The  Council  desires  the  men  to  be  committed  to  the  leading  of 
knights  and  gentlemen,  from  100  to  300  to  each,  but  he  thinks 
that  as  the  gentry  are  men  of  small  skill  in  martial  afiairs,  no 
captains,  except  selected  men,  ought  to  have  above  100  men.  Ans,, 
This  opinion  is  well  allowed  of. 

He  requests  to  be  spared  making  an  estimate  of  the  living  and 
number  of  tenants  each  nobleman  named  has  within  the  county, 
as  being  difficult.    Ans.,  It  is  only  desired  that  an  estimate  of 


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1584,  Vol.  XXVIII. 

the  able  tenants  belonging  to  the  said  three  Lords  within  the 
county  may  be  known,  and  not  the  value  of  the  livings. 

As  to  any  commission  for  musters  to  be  made  by  the  Bishop  of 
Durham,  he  says  that  since  he  has  served  in  those  parts,  the 
musters  have  always  been  taken  by  virtue  of  Her  Majesty's  com- 
mission, and  that  the  same  course  was  taken  in  the  time  of  the 
Earl  of  Sussex.     Ans.,  The  same  course  is  to  be  continued. 

For  expedition  in  executing  the  commission  for  fortifying  the 
Borders,  he  wiU  order  speedy  proceedings,  and  thinks  a  competent 
number  might  proceed  in  his  absence.  Atis.,  The  execution  there- 
of, after  the  first  assembly  of  the  Commissioners,  and  after  orders 
have  been  set  down  how  to  proceed,  may  be  committed  to  a  few 
well  chosen  persons,  to  act  in  his  absence  if  necessary.  In  the 
former  letters,  his  Lordship  had  no  advertisement  what  power 
should  be  put  in  readiness  within  the  county  palatine  of  Durham. 
[2  pages.] 

93.  Copy  of  the  same.     [2  pages.] 

Aug.  15.  94.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  bearer, 
York.  Anthony  Dorrell,  having  served  here  a  long  time  as  pursuivant  to 
the  Lord  Archbishop  and  the  rest  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners, 
and  given  over  that  place  through  infirmity,  wants  recompence,  and 
has  desired  me  to  recommend  his  suit  to  you.  As  the  man  has 
behaved  honestly,  it  makes  me  the  bolder  to  satisfy  his  request. 
[I  page.] 

Sept.  8.  95.  Henry  Lord  Hunsdon  and  nine  other  Commissioners  for 
Alnwick,  examining  and  reporting  upon  the  decayed  castles,  forts,  &c.  in  the 
Borders,  to  the  Council.  According  to  Her  Majesty's  commission 
and  your  instructions,  we  have  viewed  the  decayed  castles,  towers, 
and  fortresses  meet  to  be  repaired,  and  such  other  new  fortresses  and 
enclosures  as  are  meet  to  be  newly  made  and  enclosed  in  the  county 
bishopric  of  Durham,  within  20  miles  of  the  borders  of  Scotland,  for 
the  better  strength  and  fortifying  of  these  East  and  Middle  Marches, 
and  with  advice  of  skilful  artificers,  we  have  drawn  the  book 
enclosed.     [1  page.]    Enclosing, 

95.  I.  Abstract  of  a  presentment  found  3  Sept.  1584,  upon  an 
inquiry  as  to  the  decays  of  forts,  castles,  tenements, 
and  forces  in  the  towns  of  Cumberland,  with  names  of 
tenants  or  owners,  reasons  of  decay,  &c.  Total  number 
of  tenements  decayed,  313;  horsemen,  243;  foot,  108. 
[5f  pages.] 

95.  II.  Similar  abstract  for  towns  i/ri  Westmoreland.  Total  of 
tenements  decayed,  104  ;  divided,  126  ;  not  inhabited,  67. 
Horsemen  decayed,  140 ;  foot,  58.  [6i  pages,  and  3  blank 
leaves^ 

95.  III.  Similar  abstract  for  the  Middle  Marches,  Northumberland. 
Total  tenancies  decayed  by  conversion  into  demesne,  216 ; 
decayed  by  the  Scots,  226  ;  by  enhanci/ng  the  rents  andim- 


128  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,    ELIZABETH. 


i.„.  Vol.  XXVIII. 

1584. 

poverishing  of  the  tenants  hy  great  fines,  8 ;  towns  wholly 

decayed  by  the  Scots,  14 ;  castles  decayed,  4.     []  0  pages.} 

95.  IV.  Certificate,  by  the  Commissioners  for  the  Borders,  of  the 
condition  of  all  the  castles  and  forts  upon  the  East  and 
Middle  Marches,  the  names  of  their  former  or  present 
owners,  their  situation  and  advantages  as  means  of 
defence,  and  the  amount  necessary  to  put  them  in  a 
proper  state  of  repair,  &c.  Also  suggestions  cos  to  the 
necessity  of  erecting  some  new  fortresses  for  better  de- 
fence of  the  said  Borders,  and  of  enclosing  certain  lands 
and  grounds.  The  castles  described  are  Dunstanburgh, 
Bamburgh,  Norham.,  Heaton,  WarJc,  Etall,  Ford,  and 
Harbottle;  Shorswood ;  also  Cornell,  Howtell,  Langton, 
Woller,  Bewick,  and  LowicJce  Towers.     [lOf  pages.] 

95..  V.  Similar  abstract  for  the  East  Marches,  co.  Northumber- 
land. Total  tenements  decayed  and  made  unable  to  keep 
horse  and  furniture,  767  ;  tenements  not  decayed,  but  yet 
not  furnished  with  horse  and  furniture,  216  ;  houses  and 
castles  ruined,  27 ;  tenements  with  their  lands  heretofore 
used  for  tillage  and  now  wholly  converted  into  pasture, 
39.     [3  pages.] 

[Sept.]  96.  Note  that  under  the  Act  of  12  Jan.,  5  Eliz.,  the  money  to  be 

received  for  the  household,  down  to  Mich.,  26  Eliz.,  heing  22  years 
at  10,OOOZ.  a  year,  amounts  to  220,000Z. ;  that  sums  have  been  paid 
to  Thos.  Weldon,  Rich.  Warde,  Anth.  Crane,  John  Abington,  and 
Gregory  Lovell,  amounting  to  222,000?.,  so  that  2,000Z.  is  towards 
next  Lady  Day  payment,  1585.     \_%page,  damaged.] 

Oct.  12.  97.  Thomas  Lord  Paget  to  Council.  On  my  arrival  here,  I  wrote 
Paris.  to  my  Lord  Treasurer  and  Mr.  Secretary  the  causes  which  moved 
me  to  come  into  these  parts,  protesting  my  duty. to  Her  Majesty,  and 
beseeching  them  to  be  suitors  to  her  to  pardon  my  offence  in 
departing  the  realm  without  her  privity.  I  have  not  received  any 
answer,  but  by  the  proceedings  used  against  me,  I  perceive  that  my 
doings  have  been  tn.ken  in  the  worst  sense ;  whereupon  I  forbore 
more  writing,  finding  my  protestation  would  not  prevail  until  the 
hard  conceits  imagined  against  me  were  better  cleared. 

As  a  long  time  has  now  passed,  and  I  hope  you  know  there  is 
nothing  to  touch  me  in  duty  to  Her  Majesty,  I  beseech  j^ou  to  be  a 
means  that  she  may  pardon  and  suffer  me  to  enjoy  my  living  here, 
which  is  not  much,  besides  what  is  to  go  for  payment  of  my  debts. 
Before  coming  away  I  never  gave  her  cause  of  offence,  and  since 
being  here,  I  have  so  carried  myself,  and  mind  still  so  to  do,  that 
save  for  matters  of  conscience,  which  in  truth  was  the  principal 
cause  of  my  going  away,  I  cannot  be  touched  ;  I  therefore  desire  her 
commiseration  of  my  poor  estate,  in  which  I  hope  you  will  be  inter- 
cessors for  me.     [1  pa^ge^ 

Oct.  13.        98.  Thomas   Lord  Paget   to   Sir   Edward  Stafford,  ambassador 
Paris.       from  England.     I  have  written  a  letter  to  the  Council,  to  the  same 


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1584.  Vol.  XXVIII. 

purpose  as  those  I  wrote  to  my  Lord  Treasurer  and  Mr.  Secretary,  at 
my  first  coming.  "Whether  they  will  work  any  better  effect  I  know 
not,  but  I  thought  it  my  part  to  do  as  much  as  becomes  me,  and 
for  the  rest  let  God  work,  who  I  am  sure  will  not  forsake  me.  I 
have  enclosed  them  in  this  letter  to  my  Sister  Lee,  which  if  you  will 
let  pass  as  it  is,  pray  seal  and  send  it  away  as  soon  as  you  may. 

Oct.  29.         99.  Henry  Anderson  to   Sec.  Walsingham.      I   enclose   letters 

Newcastle,    from   Mr.   Colville,   who   therein   certifies    my  proceeding    in  the 

matter  committed  to  me  by  yours   of  the  9th.     As  it  is  not  yet 

ended  with  regard  to  the  younger  brother  of  the  two  lords,  and  as 

I  have  appointed  a  day  for  answer,  I  withhold  my  certificate  as  yet. 

[I  page.] 

Nov.  2.  100.  Attorney  General  Popham  and  Solicitor  General  Egerton  to 

The  Temple.  Council.  Giles  Germayne  of  Guernsey  having  appealed  to  you 
concerning  a  sentence  given  against  him  by  the  bailiff  and  justices, 
for  2901.  adjudged  to  be  forfeit  to  Her  Majesty,  you  have  referred 
the  cause  to  us.  We  have  heard  the  plaintiff's  counsel,  and  Louis 
de  Vic,  procurer  for  the  Queen.  The  plaintiff  has  no  just  account 
of  the  proceedings,  as  he  should  have,  but  says  he  could  not  get 
it ;  nor  has  he  put  in  sureties  to  pay  costs,  if  he  have  no  just 
cause  of  appeal.  The  Procurer  has  showed  an  Act  containing  the 
said  judgment ;  but  without  the  whole  records  of  the  proceedings, 
and  his  putting  in  surety,  we  decline  to  examine  the  case.  The 
plaintiff  should  have  complained  against  those  that  offended  him, 
and  not  tried  to  reverse  the  sentence  by  appeal.     [1  page.] 

Nov.  22.  101.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  You  may 
York.  expect  a  certificate  from  me  of  the  forwardness  of  this  country  in 
the  matter  of  the  association,  which  was  signed,  sealed,  and  sworn 
to,  on  the  16th  and  17th  instant,  by  many  gentlemen,  besides  Lords 
Darcy  and  Eure.  The  latter  Lord  performed  the  matter  here  on  his 
way  to  London,  and  the  other,  as  soon  as  he  heard  of  it,  warned  all 
the  gentlemen  of  the  best  calling  and  dwelling  within  four  wapen- 
takes to  meet  him  at  Doncaster  on  the  14th  instant,  and  they  all 
agreed  to  engross  the  instrument  on  parchment,  and  there  and  then 
signed,  sealed,  and  by  oath  bound  themselves  to  perform,  and  Lord 
Darcy  gave  the  first  example. 

I  purposed  to  have  sent  you  this  and  others  that  are  done  both 
for  a  great  part  of  this  country  and  divers  towns,  as  of  this  city, 
Hull,  and  Beverley,  but  in  the  engrossing,  a  fault  was  committed, 
which  must  be  amended.  Within  1 0  days  I  shall  send  you  what 
will  please  Her  Majesty,  for  though  there  are  many  backward,  yet  a 
very  great  number,  even  of  conscience,  make  means  to  be  admitted, 
and  this  to  me  is  a  singular  comfort.  If  the  great  towns  and 
parishes  might  be  taught,  the  popish  men  would  mend,  or  wax  weary 
of  their  dwellings  ;  for  where  there  is  a  preaching  pastor,  the  people, 
for  the  most  part,  are  very  well  given. 


130  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1584.  ^«^-  ^^™- 

While  my  Lord  Archbishop  is  there,  I  wish  you  woiild  speak  to 
him  to  be  more  careful  herein,  and  in  some  parts  the  discipline  of  our 
Church  might  be  amended  by  Parliament. 

P.S. — Seeing  Dr.  Bond  must  have  Sladburn,  pray  persuade  him 
to  place  a  preaching  curate  there,  for  the  people  will  do  well  if  they 
may  be  taught.     \1^  pages.] 

Nov.  30.  102.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Since  I 
Tork.  received  the  copy  of  the  instrument  of  association  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  Her  Majesty's  person,  I  made  divers  gentlemen  of  this 
country  acquainted  therewith,  and  it  was  so  made  known  in  aU  this 
shire  that  above  300  gentlemen  have  earnestly  desired  to  be  ad- 
mitted into  that  honourable  society,  and  have  sealed,  subscribed 
and  sworn  to  perform  its  contents.  The  city  of  York  and  divers 
other  corporations  within  this  country  have  done  the  like,  to  the 
number  of  2,000  persons,  and  divers  gentlemen  in  the  commission 
of  the  peace  that  did  not  come  to  me  at  York,  having  sealed,  sub- 
scribed, and  sworn  thereto  among  themselves,  engrossed  it  on  parch- 
ment, and  admitted  such  of  the  meaner  sort  of  gentlemen,  and  of 
the  principal  freeholders  and  clothiers  about  them  as  sued  to  be 
accepted  into  that  society ;  so  that,  especially  about  Halifax,  Wake- 
field, and  Bradford,  5,300  of  that  sort  have  sealed,  subscribed,  and 
sworn  thereto,  besides  the  said  gentlemen  and  corporations,  and  others 
have  and  will  in  other  places  do  the  like. 

I  thought  to  have  sent  up  the  instruments  I  already  have,  but  as 
it  will  be  too  cumbersome  to  do  so  by  the  post,  there  being  7,500 
seals  at  the  least,  I  retain  them  until  I  hear  from  you  ;  meantime  I 
will  cause  a  roll  to  be  made  in  parchment  of  all  the  names,  as  well 
those  that  I  now  have,  as  such  as  shall  come  hereafter. 

P.3.— I  have  occasion  to  ride  to  Doncaster,  but  wiU  be  here  again 
on  Friday.     [1  page."] 

[Dec.  3.]        103.  Articles  or  interrogatories  for  the  examination  of  William 
Hopwood: — 

1.  Where  he  has  resided  these  last  three  years  ? 

2.  How  he  became  acquainted  with  the  Master  of  Gray  ? 

3.  Whether  he  was  ever  in  Scotland,  and  for  what  cause  ? 

4.  Whether  he  was  privy  to  the  secret  conveyance  of  letters 
iato  Scotland,  to  or  from  the  Scottish  Queen  ? 

5.  What  was  the  cause  of  his  going  into  the  North  parts,  and 
whether  he  received  any  letters  from  the  Master  of  Gray,  or  any 
of  his  train,  to  be  delivered  there  ? 

6.  What  he  has  to  live  upon,  and  why  he  left  his  service  in 
Berwick  ? 

7.  What  entertainment  he  receives  from  the  Laird  of  Lesterrick? 

Dec.  3.  104.  Examination  of  Wra.  Hopwood : — 

York.  1.  Returned  two  years  ago  from  Ireland,  where  he  remained 

six  years  serving  under  Capt.  Pikeman,     Details  of  his  journey 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  131 


1584.  Vol.  XXVIH. 

from  Liverpool  to  Carlisle,  where,  and  at  Berwick,  he  remained 
with  h:s  Captain,  Mr.  Carvile,  except  when  he  visited  his  father 
or  went  to  Lord  Hume  in  Scotland,  or  to  the  Laird  of  Lesterrick,' 
about  horses  or  hounds,  where  he  remained  from  2  to  20  days 
upon  licence  from  Sir  John  Selby,  and  leave  of  his  lieutenant, 
bot  Lesterrick  to  speak  to  Sir  F.  Walsingham,  then  ambassador, 
about  a  debt  due  to  him  from  Avery  Copley  of  Lincoln's 
Inn. 

2.  Going  thence  to  Wetherby,  met  the  Master  of  Gray,  and 
went  m  his  company,  because  the  Laird  of  Lesterrick  promised  to 
bear  his  charges  to  London,  but  the  Lord  did  not  recommend  him 
to  the  master. 

3.  Has  answered  before  about  being  in  Scotland. 

4.  Never  carried  letters  into  or  from  Scotland,  except  from 
Lesterrick  to  the  master  of  Glamis,  and  was  never  privy  to  the 
conveying  of  letters  to  or  from  the  Scottish  Queen ;  only  saw  her 
once,  long  since  at  Wetherby.  Went  to  London  with  the  Am- 
bassador, and  lodged  with  him  at  Alderman  Harvey's.  Catered 
for  them  four  days. 

5.  Went  back  into  the  North  to  purchase  horses  or  geldings 
for  the  Laird  of  Lesterrick,  but  had  neither  letters  nor  messages 
from  any  person ;  the  Ambassador  and  bis  company  sent  letters 
to  Scotland  by  Patrick  Gray. 

6.  Has  nothing  to  live  upon  but  his  pay  at  Berwick,  which  he 
has  not  yet  left,  nor  means  to  leave,  if  he  may  keep  it. 

7.  Never  received  pay  or  anything  else  from  the  Laird  of  Les- 
terrick, save  a  nag  which  he  gave  him  last  summer.  [5|-  pages, 
copy.] 

Dec.  ■^.         105.  Elizabeth  Lady  Morley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.      Thanks  for 
Vaunes  ?     ^ving  my  man  licence  to  pass  over  and  return  about  my  affairs  ; 
since  then  I  have  not  had  occasion  to  send  \mtil  now,  and  trust  that 
I  shall  find  the  Mke  friendship  as  heretofore.     [^  page.] 

Dec.  5.  106.  Examination  of  Wm.  Hopwood  before  the  Lord  President  of 

York.       York,  to  similar  effect  with  that  of  Dec.  3.    [2^  pages,  copy.] 

Dec.  16.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Sir  Edw.  Stafford,  ambassador  in  France. 
Yesterday  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  was  committed  prisoner  to 
his  own  house,  under  charge  of  Sir  T.  Leighton,  for  conference  with 
Chas.  Paget ;  he  confesses  the  conference,  but  denies  that  he  knew 
of  any  cause  of  Paget's  return  to  England,  except  to  confer  with  his 
brother  Lord  Paget,  on  private  affairs,  but  others  say  that  the  Earl 
knew  more  than  this.  The  Earl  of  Arundel  was  also  charged  with 
the  matter,  but  denies  it.  Chas.  Paget  is  a  most  dangerous  instru- 
ment, and  I  wish,  for  Northumberland's  sake,  he  had  never  been 
born.     \_JExtract,  French  Gorresp.] 

Dec.  16.  Sec.  Walsingham  to  Sir  E.  Stafford.  The  Queen  approves  your 
forbidding  Lord  Paget  and  Charles  Arundel  access  to  you.  Lord 
Paget  is  found  to  have  been  a  great  practiser.  You  are  to  have  a 
watchful  eye  on  both,     {Extract,  French  Corresp.] 

I  2 


132  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


1584.  ^'^-  ^^^™- 

Dec.  ^.  107.  William  Lewckner  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Upon  my  arrival 
Lyons.  in  Lyons,  my  usual  place  of  traffic,  I  found  Solomon  Aldred  from 
Rouen,  who,  for  having  been  in  England,  had  had  his  stipend  of 
10  ducats  a  month  taken  from  him  by  the  Pope.  Letters  were 
written  him  from  Rouen,  that  having  committed  such  a  great 
offence  by  his  voyage  to  England,  if  he  ever  returned  to  Rouen,  he 
would  be  put  to  death.  Thereupon,  having  no  other  means  but  his 
stipend  to  live  upon,  he  strained  his  conscience  for  re-obtaining  his 
stipend,  and  has  now  brought  himself  into  more  credit  than  ever, 
being  one  of  the  inquisitors.  He  expects  a  notable  gentleman  from 
Rouen,  with  whom  he  was  to  go  again  to  England,  and  who  con- 
ducted Don  John  Dostry's  [of  Austria's]  affairs  in  Flanders.  This 
gentleman  speaks  English  ;  his  brother  was  Don  John's  confessor, 
and  conducted  Don  John's  corpse  into  Spain,  after  which  he  retired 
to  Rouen,  and  two  months  since  was  made  archbishop,  but  died  five 
days  after.  I  am  doubtful  as  to  this  party's  voyage  into  England, 
and  as  to  Aldred's  profession  to  have  received  letters  from  you,  and 
so  I  thought  good  to  advertise  you  thereof.    , 

Three  months  since,  a  letter  was  sent  to  this  gentleman's  deceased 
brother,  by  Edward  or  Harry  Hampton,  which  was  directed  to  an 
Italian  in  this  town  to  be  sent  to  Rouen,  and  not  to  miscarry  for 
10,000  crowns,  but  which,  through  the  default  of  the  Italian, 
remained  unsent ;  thereupon  Aldred  told  me  that  the  Italian  dealt 
very  lewdly  to  retain  the  letter,  and  the  party  to  whom  it  was 
.  intended  being  dead,  he  feared  it  would  come  to  light,  which  he 
would  not  have  for  anything,  as  it  concerned  this  gentleman.  From 
my  experience  of  Aldred  for  the  last  10  years,  I  believe  he  is  a 
most  malicious  fellow,  and  would  conduct  to  England  such  as  would 
be  prejudicial  to  Her  Majesty. 

A  Roman  named  Pekelhome  [Piccolomini  ?]  has  passed  this  town 
to  Paris ;  he  lately  held  war  against  the  Pope  and  his  bastard  son, 
but  the  quarrel  laeing  now  appeased,  the  Pope  has  given  him 
absolution.  Through  the  great  courtesies  done  by  Pekelhome  to 
Mons.  Joyeux,  on  his  last  being  at  Rouen,  the  King  of  France 
sent  for  him,  and,  as  the  bruit  goes,  he  is  to  serve  the  King  in 
some  enterprise. 

The  troubles  continue  in  Dauphiny  between  Mons.  Danville  and 
the  Bishop  of  Delodo.  The  bruit  is  that  the  King  of  Navarre  has 
entered  Barcelona,  which  betokens  some  troubles,  and  that  the  Duke 
of  Guise  and  the  Prince  of  Condd  are  in  Germany.  Six  days  since, 
Mons.  Chyverier  arrived,  who  is  the  governor  of  the  citadel,  and 
Mons.  Lamante,  the  ex-governor,  is  to  retire  to  Pyamont  [Piedmont]. 

I  thank  you  and  my  good  lady  for  your  letter  in  my  behalf,  for  my 
goods  seized  in  the  customs  ;  through  Sir  Walter  Mildmay's  absence 
I  could  not  act  upon  it,  but  by  the  help  of  the  late  Sir  Wm.  Garret's 
son  and  other  friends,  I  obtained  friendship,  for  which  I  thank  the 
Almighty. 

P.S.,  dated  3  Jan.  1585. — Aldred  did  not  depart  until  yesterday. 
He  told  me  he  stayed  for  company,  but  in  the  end,  there  was  only 
the  gentleman  and  himself.     Calling  upon  him  three  days  since,  I 


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1584.  ^«^-  ^^V™- 

found  two  Jesuits  •with  him  ;  he  went  into  another  room  with  one 
of  them  ;  I  kept  the  other  company,  and  hearing  that  the  one  with 
Aldred  spoke  English,  I  demanded  of  the  other  if  that  one  were 
English  ;  he  said  he  thought  not,  and  did  not  know  what  country- 
man he  was,  and  had  but  lately  come  thither  himself.  I  think  the 
latter  is  the  gentleman  that  is  to  come  with  Aldred,  as  he  favoured 
him  much ;.  the  manner  of  Aldred's  departure  makes  me  suspect  it. 
The  night  before  he  left,  he  told  me  they  would  depart  by  six  a.m. 
because  this  gentleman  would  not  be  seen  in  the  town,  so  that 
I  promised  to  come  to  take  my  leave ;  but  in  the  morning,  he 
sent  his  boy  to  beg  me  not  to  come,  as  he  was  gone.  Not  giving 
credit  to  it,  I  went  to  the  gate  where  he  was  to  go  forth,  and 
finding  no  horses  out,  walked  a  space  out  of  the  town  to  attend 
their  coming,  which  happened  at  9  o'clock,  but  I  so  ordered  my  talk 
that  he  never  suspected  me.  I  viewed  the  gentleman,  and  he 
seemed  to  me  to  be  the  very  Jesuit. 

I  have  sent  a  letter  to  Mr.  Didsbery  at  Rye,  that  Aldred,  whom 
he  knows  well,  was  coming  with  a  Jesuit,  so  that  he  may  give 
intelligence  to  Mr.  Gemer,  who  keeps  the  register  of  men's  names 
to  and  fro,  that  Aldred  and  his  companion  may  be  conducted  to 
you.  I  have  not  put  my  name  to  the  letter,  but  as  a  letter  from 
Paris  from  Eer  Majesty's  servant,  and  have  given  my  man  instruc- 
tions to  advise  Didsbery  of  his  arrival  at  and  departure  from  Rouen, 
so  that  I  hope  they  will  not  escape.     [IJ  pages.] 

Dec.  22,  108.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Since  my 
York.  last,  divers  gentlemen  and  a  great  number  of  inferior  quality  have 
signed,  sealed,  and  sworn  to  the  instrument  of  association  for  pre- 
servation of  Her  Majesty's  person.  I  wrote  that  from  the  number 
of  seals  it  was  too  cumbersome  to  send  by  post,  and  now  the 
number  has  so  increased  that  it  will  fill  a  good  big  trunk.  I 
have  caused  the  names  of  all  who  have  sworn  to  it  to  be  engrossed 
in  parchment  rolls,  which  I  send  herewith,  and  the  others  are  ready 
to  be  sent  whenever  I  receive  directions.  I  have  lately  received  two 
instruments  from  Lord  Serope,  whereunto  the  gentlemen  of  Cum- 
berland and  "Westmoreland  have  put  their  names,  and  the  like  of 
the  towns  of  Carlisle  and  Kendal.  I  have  not  sent  their  names,  as 
I  would  not  stay  the  enclosed  until  the  others  were  written,  and  I 
am  informed  the  like  will  shortly  come  from  Newcastle  and  other 
parts  of  this  shire.     [1  po(^&-] 

Dec.  27.  Sir  E.  Staflbrd  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  am  sorry  to  hear  of  enter- 
Paris,  prisers  against  Queen  and  State  [Northumberland  and  Arundel] ; 
one  I  have  honoured  for  himself,  the  other  for  nearness  of  nature  ; 
yet  if  guilty,  I  wish  him  more  punished  than  the  other,  because 
he  can  plead  lack  of  wit  as  an  excuse.  God  give  all  tempted 
more  grace  than  to  think  they  could  better  themselves,  seeing  Her 
Majesty's  goodness,  and  the  miseries  suffered  by  other  nations  for 
lack  of  such  a  prince.  Lord  Paget  keeps  to  himself,  and  is  tongue- 
tied,  cold,  and  patient ;  Arundel  choleric  and  impatient,  perhaps 
at  his   own  folly,  not  being  able  to   find  such  a  living  abroad  as 


134  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1584, 


1584? 


Vol.  XXVin. 


he  left  at  home.  They  keep  to  themselves,  performing  their  devotions 
at  the  Cordeliers.  Lord  Paget  has  had  an  interview  with  a  Scottish 
physician,  but  he  does  not  deal  with  any  suspected  persons,  except 
Morgan.  Chas.  Paget  and  he  are  inseparable  ;  but  as  Morgan  has 
access  to  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  Duke  of  Guise,  &c.,  they  may  plot 
1,000  things  and  I  not  know.     [Extract,  French  Corresp.] 

Dec.  109.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  [Sec.  Walsingham].    Upon  my  letter 

Carlisle,  to  the  Council,  touching  the  untowardness  of  the  aldermen,  corpora- 
tion, and  inhabitants  of  Kendall,  concerning  the  contribution 
demanded  of  them  towards  defence  of  this  Border,  there  was  one 
directed  to  them,  either  to  yield  the  same  contribution  as  others  had 
done,  or  appear  before  the  Council  to  show  cause. 

As  they  have  notwithstanding  not  yet  shown  themselves  willing 
to  give  according  to  their  abilities,  and  as  many  within  my  office 
have  done  and  stiU  do,  and  as  their  obstinacy  is  a  great  encourage- 
ment to  others  to  do  the  like,  and  some  discouragement  to  those 
who  have  vsdllingly  paid,  I  desire  to  understand  whether  they  have 
made  any  appearance,  and  what  excuse  they  have  for  themselves 
and  the  town,  so  that  some  end  may  be  made  of  the  matter. 

P.S. — All  they  offer  is  40s.,  while  Carlisle,  whose  ability  is  far 
under,  has  granted  1,000  days'  work  and  more.     [1  page."] 

110.  The  Queen  to  Mr.  Hoddesdon.  We  understand,  by  our  ser- 
vant, Wm.  Davison,  that  you  have  with  you  20,000  crowns,  making 
6,000?.  sterling,  of  your  own  and  other  merchants'  money  trafficking 
in  those  parts,  which  you  mean  to  make  over  hither  by  way  of 
exchange ;  and  that  you  have  offered  to  deliver  the  same  to  him, 
if  he  needed  so  much  for  our  service  there.  We  take  this  your 
dutiful  offer  in  very  thankful  part,  and  having  appointed  our  said 
servant  to  disburse  so  much  for  us  there,  we  require  you  to  deliver 
the  sum  of  20,000  crowns  to  him,  and  for  your  repayment  we  will, 
upon  sight  of  our  said  servant's  receipt,  order  payment  of  the  said 
sum,  for  your  and  our  said  merchants'  satisfaction.  [|  page,  draft, 
corrected  by  Lord  Burghley.] 


111.  Eeasons  why  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  beseeches  Her 
Majesty  to  pardon  him  for  not  delivering  up  the  keys  of  Tynemouth 
castle  to  Sir  Fras.  Eussell : — 

Ist.  His  estate  is  but  small  to  maintain  the  countenance  of  an 
earl,  being  charged  with  10  children,  and  the  benefit  of  the  office 
of  Tynemouth  being  a  good  portion  of  his  living,  without  it  he 
would  not  be  able  to  sustain  the  charge  of  housekeeping,  and  the 
education  of  his  children. 

2ndly.  By  holding  this  office,  he  maintains  20  of  his  old  ser- 
vants, who  have  served  him  from  10  to  30  years,  and  has  no 
other  means  of  so  doing ;  if  they  should  be  displaced,  they 
would  be  left  to  beg  their  bread,  having  been  trained  up  to  get 
their  living  by  service. 

Srdly.  Disgrace  will  grow  tq  him  in  his  own  country  by 
removal  from  the  office  which  he  tenders  as  his  life ;  begs  Her 


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1584?  Vol..  XXVni. 

Majesty,  leaving  aside  the  conceit  of  his  present  disgrace,  to 
remember  his  former  faithful  services  to  her  and  Qneen  Mary,  her 
sister,  in  this  time  of  his  hardest  fortune. 

Lastly.  Reminds  Her  Majesty  that  at  her  instance,  he  resigned 
to  Lord  Hunsdon  Norham  castle,  worth  400L  a  year,  which  not 
long  before  had  cost  him  a  great  sum  of  money,  and  that  he  did 
not  seek  the  office  of  Tynemouth,  then  laid  upon  him  by  her,  with 
the  promise  of  better  preferment  in  lieu  of  his  willing  resignation 
of  Norham.     [|  page.] 

112.  Note  that  Mercer  bargained  with  Eichard  Percy  and  Rich. 
Bunting  for  300  quarters  of  malt,  to  be  delivered  at  Eye,  and  pro- 
cured a  warrant  to  transport  it  thither  by  sea,  but  under  colour 
thereof,  they  transported  it  to  Flanders. 

Thereupon  Mercer  sued  Percy  and  Bunting,  for  non-delivery,  in 
an  action  upon  the  case  at  Eye,  where  he  obtained  a  verdict  for  44?., 
and  had  judgment  and  execution  against  their  sureties,  who  were 
suffered  to  escape  out  of  prison  by  John  Younge,  the  Queen's  water- 
bailiff  at  Eye. 

Percy,  one  of  the  defendants,  filed  a  bill  in  Chancery  before  the 
Lord  Warden,  contending  that  the  jury  found  for  Mercer  upon 
insufficient  evidence,  and  that  some  of  them  departed  and  would  not 
hear  their  evidence,  and  yet  came  again,  and  found  for  the  plaintiff, 
and  that  the  Mayor  of  Eye,  having  given  time  to  move  in  arrest  of 
judgment,  gave  judgment  without  hearing  defendant's  counsel. 

Mercer  appeared  to  this  suit,  maintained  the  cause  of  his  action, 
traversed  Percy's  allegations,  and  produced  witnesses,  but  Percy  only 
produced  his  companion  Bunting,  the  other  defendant. 

Thereupon  a  decree  was  made  for  Percy,  14  Feb.  1-577,  that  the 
assumption  was  only  made  by  Bunting ;  that  Mercer  should  pay 
17s.  a  quarter  for  the  malt  received  of  Percy,  and  for  malt  stayed 
upon  the  former  suit  and  re-delivered,  7s.  per  quarter,  and  that 
the  execution  against  Percy's  sureties  should  be  restored. 

The  objections  against  this  decree  are  : — 

That  though  by  the  articles  between  the  Lord  Warden  and  the 

Barons   of  the  Cinque  Ports,  authority  is   given  to  the   Lord 

Warden  in  his  Chancery  to   examine   causes  of  equity,  either 

before  or  during  the  progress  of  the  suit,  yet  after  judgment  and 

execution  had  upon  trial,  there  is  no  such  authority  given. 

Secondly,  it  is  concluded  in  the  said  articles  that,  if  the  plaintiff 

does  not  prove  the  material  points  alleged  in  his  bill  within 

15  days,  the  suit  shall  be  dismissed.     Percy,  the  plaintiff,  neither 

within  the  15  days,  nor  afterwards,  proved  any  of  the  causes 
■    before  alleged.     Bunting's  proving  that  he,  and  not  Percy  made 

the  bill  is  frivolous  and  not  to  the  point. 

The  decree  is  uncertain  in  ordering  payment  as  before  mentioned, 
when  the  quality  of  the  malt  is  not  known. 

Other  objections  detailed :— The  Mayor  of  Eye,  being  the  Prince's 
officer,  is  not  compelled  to  execute  process  issued  from  the  Lord 
Warden's  Chancery  Court  ;^yet  Wm.  Tolkyn,  John  Fagg,  and  Eob. 


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Vol.  XXVIII. 


Jackson,  all  mayors  of  Rye,  have  taken  part  against  Mercer.  ^  The 
case  was  referred  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  thence  by  Serjeant 
Fenner's  opinion  to  the  Court  of  Sheppey,  before  theLord  Warden. 
Mercer  has  been  disfranchised,  and  by  this  injustice  continuing^ 
seven  years,  lost  his  trade  and  4<S0l.,  to  his  utter  undoing. 
[2i  pages.] 

113.  R.  F.  to  his  friend. 

(/.  1)  You  ask  me  to  write  down  the  sum  of  our  private  talk  in 
Gracious  Street,  about  the  Earl  of  Leicester.     It  is  dangerous,  so 
be  cautious  to  whom  you  show  it ;  for  though  he  seems  chained  to 
a  ragged  staff  and  muzzled  (for  such  the  allusion  is  to  his  cogni- 
zance of  a  bear  chained  to  a  ragged  staff),  he  has  claws  that  pierce, 
and  his  bite  is  cureless.     He  has  longer  ears  than  Midas,  and  birds 
that  bring  him  tidings  from  all  quarters  (/.  2),  and  he  does  not 
fight  openly  but  by  policy.     (/.  3)  I  have  wondered  at  the  great 
sway  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester  at  Court,  and  how  so  great  a  tree 
should   suddenly  sprout  and  overshadow  all  the   trees  in  Court, 
being  the  younger  son  of  an  arch-traitor,  who  was  cut  shorter  by 
the  head  in  the  Queen's  sister's  time,  and  he  too  was  guilty  of  trea- 
son.    I  find  he  pleaded  for  life  with  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  is 
always  ready  to  help  the  distressed,  and  who  obtained  the  pardon 
of  one  who  conspires  for  his  subversion.     Thirsting  after  authority, 
and  knowing  he  could  not  obtain  it   during  the  Duke's  life,  by 
fantastical  pl"ophecies  about  the  Howards  (/.  4)  he  put  it  into  his 
head  to  marry  the  Scottish  Queen,  for  which  he  was  condemned, 
yet  the  Queen  would  have  pardoned  him  but  for  this  wretch.     One 
nobleman  who  opposed  the  execution  was  sent  away  on  an  embas- 
sage, on  promise  that  no  such  thing  should  be  attempted,  but  was 
hardly  on  the  sea  when  the  Queen's  warrant  was  got  for  his  execu- 
tion, and  another  to  the  sheriffs  and  magistrates  of  London  that 
none  should  stir  forth  next  day  before  10  a.m.  ;  but  contrarywise, 
there  were  10,000  people  present.     Had  the  Duke  but  held  up  a 
finger  as  unwilling  to  have  suffered,  not  twenty  times  the  force  pre- 
sent had  sufiiced  to  perform  it ;    instead  of  which,  with  cheerful 
countenance,  he  begged  they  would  make  no  disturbance  at  his 
leaving  this  world  of  sorrow  for  heavenly  bliss,  but  declared  that 
the  rumour  of  his  favouring  papists  was  false.     Then  he  desired  the 
nobility   present   to   intercede  with   the  Queen   on  behalf  of  his 
children,  took  his  leave  of  those  nearest   him,  and  after  prayers 
received  death,  committing  his  soul  to  God,  amidst  great  lamen- 
tations of  all. 

(/.  6. )  He  [Leicester]  then  allured  into  treason  [the  Earls  of  North- 
umberland and  Westmoreland],  one  of  whom  suffered  at  York,  and 
the  other  is  an  exile  in  a  foreign  land  ;  (/.  7)  and  now,  none  being 

left  to  control  him,  he  lifted  up  his  head,  insinuated  himself  into 
the  Queen's  favour,  and  got  the  highest  offices  ;  married  a  lady  of 

noble  birth,  but  plotted  with  Dame  Lettice,*  his  mistress,  to  make 

*  Widow  of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  afterwards  Countess  of  Leicester. 


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1584?  ^0^-  XXVIII. 

away  with  both  her  husband  and  his  wife.  So  as  the  lady  was  hi 
the  country,  playing  with  her  ladies  at  table,  she  left  the  room, 
fell  down  stairs,  and  broke  her  neck,  being  thrown  down  by  order 
of  her  lord  ;  (/.  8)  but  he  gave  it  out  it  was  by  chance,  and  no  one 
durst  say  the  contrary.  He  next  procured  the  murder  by  poison 
of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  who  had  uprightly  filled  the  office  of  Lieu- 
tenant of  Ireland,  he  pretending  he  was  ill  of  an  incurable  disease, 
(/.  9)  and  all  sorts  of  potions  were  sent  to  cure  him,  but  without 
effect.  The  news  of  his  death  caused  such  regret  that,  had  the  truth 
been  known,  the  Earl  had  been  torn  in  pieces ;  but  he  shed  crocodile's 
tears.  Dame  Lettice  put  on  black,  to  veil  her  content,  and  though 
there  was  much  whispering,  no  man  durst  speak,  he  was  so  grown 
in  Her  Majesty's  favour. 

New  bribes  come  tumbling  in ;  he  begins  to  beard  his  betters, 
so  that  the  nobility  began  to  absent  themselves  from  Court,  not 
appearing  unless  sent  for  when  some  foreign  Prince  or  ambassador 
came. 

Then  being  a  widower,  he  proposed  to  the  Countess  of  Essex, 
giving  presents,  &c.  to  blind  the  world  to  what  had  passed  between 
them,  and  they  had  a  sumptuous  wedding.  She  now  demeaned 
herself  like  a  princess  (/.  11),  vied  in  dress  with  the  Queen,  till 
Her  Majesty,  after  sundry  admonitions,  told  her  as  but  one  sun 
lightened  the  earth,  she  would  have  but  one  Queen  in  England, 
boxed  her  ears,  and  forbade  her  the  Court.  Yet  still  she  is  as 
proud  as  ever,  rides  through  Cheapside  drawn  by  four  milk-white 
steeds,  with  four  footmen  in  .black  velvet  jackets,  and  silver  bears 
on  their  backs  and  breasts,  two  knights  and  30  gentlemen  before 
her,  and  coaches  of  gentlewomen,  pages,  and  servants  behind,  so  that 
it  might  be  supposed  to  be  the  Queen,  or  some  foreign  Prince  or 
ambassador. 

As  to  the  Earl,  the  Queen  relies  on  him  as  the  chiefest  pillar  in 
the  land,  and  nothing  passes  in  Parliament  or  Council  that  he  dis- 
likes. He  animates  Protestants  and  Puritans  against  each  other. 
Being  greased  in  the  hand  by  the  Bishops,  he  calls  the  Puritans 
seditious ;  all  the  Bishops  put  them  in  prison,  and  then  he  releases 
them,  promising  the  Puritans  reformation  in  the  Church.  He  is  of 
no  religion  but  what  brings  him  gain,  like  Machiavelli,  his  master  ; 
his  ministers  will  inform  against  papist  recusants ;  and  being  in 
danger  of  losing  all  they  have,  and  put  in  prison,  they  gladly  com- 
pound, and  most  of  the  money  goes  to  support  his  filtliy  luxury. 
Instances  of  extravagant  expenditure.  (/.  13)  Talking  of  noblemen's 
crests  one  day,  he  asked  what  was  the  Earl  of  Arundel's,  and  hear- 
ing it  was  a  ramping  horse,  he  laughed,  and  said  he  was  now  like  a 
tamed  horse  that  any  man  might  ride,  thus  mocking  the  misery 
of  the  nobleman  to  whose  predecessor  he  was  so  much  beholden. 

For  his  own  pleasure  he  will  not  stick  to  spoil  500  poor  people  in 
Derbyshire.  He  pulled  down  whole  towns  and  villages  for  his 
pleasure.  (/.  14.)  The  people  petitioned  against  him,  but  he  took 
care  that  their  petition  never  came  to  the  Queen's  sight  or  the 
Council's,  but  put  more  of  them  in  prison,  and  sent  the  rest  home 


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with  heavy  hearts.  The  Lord  punished  him  by  the  death  of  his  son 
the  Earl  of  Denbigh.  (J.  15.)  Not  long  ago  he  insulted  the  Earl  of 
Sussex,  who  challenged  him  for  it.  He  professed  to  accept,  and 
made  great  preparation,  kept  the  Earl  dancing  attendance  a  whole 
day  at  Blackheath,  but  never  came,  having  privately  informed  Her 
Majesty,  who  forbade  them  meddling  one  with  another ;  thus  he 
slept  with  a  whole  skin,  and  they  were  made  hollow  friends. 

Another  nobleman  who  challenged  him  he  hired  men  to  murder, 
who  revealed  the  matter,  but  he  denied  it  with  oaths,  and  they 
shook  hands,  the  nobleman  knowing  he  could  not  stand  against 
him. 

The  Queen  being  in  progress  and  about  to  descend  from  her 
chariot,  he  offered  to  take  her  forth,  but  he  to  whom  the  duty 
belonged  boxed  his  ears.  He  was  forced  to  pocket  the  affront,  but 
threatened  revenge. 

Friends  who  have  spent  all  they  have  in  his  service  he  treats  as 
men  do  an  old  horse, — leave  him  to  graze  on  a  ditch  bank,  or  take 
40  pence  of  a  dogmaster  for  him.  Not  long  since  a  gentleman  of 
Lancashire,  worth  300?.  a  year,  longed  to  get  the  white  bear  and 
ragged  staff  on  his  back,  succeeded,  and  to  grace  his  Lord's  presence, 
wore  satin  and  velvet,  a  gold  chain  (/.  18.),  and  was  so  prodigal  that 
3,000?.  a  year  would  not  have  sufficed  him.  In  five  years  he  owed 
500?.  more  than  he  was  worth,  and  Cheapside,  Paul's,  and  the  Ex- 
change were  no  walking  places  for  him,  and  he  had  to  walk  like  owls, 
at  night,  and  every  nail  that  caught  his  sleeve  he  took  for  a  Ser- 
jeant to  carry  him  to  prison ;  then  he  told  his  Lord  how  he  had  con- 
sumed all  he  had  in  his  service.  He  promised  him  fairly,  and  seeing 
his  desperate  state,  called  him  to  his  secret  chamber,  promised  to  be 
his  good  lord  and  give  him  mountains  if  he  would  commit  a  murder. 
(J.  19.)  This  he  effected,  was  apprehended,  cast  into  gaol,  and  informed 
his  Lordship,  who  promised  to  be  mindful  of  him,  and  bade  him 
fear  nothing,  that  law  must  have  its  course,  but  his  pardon  was 
already  sealed.  It  was  no  small  grief  to  him  to  be  arraigned  (being 
a  gentleman),  but  he  was  found  guilty  on  confession,  yet  whilst 
the  other  condemned  prisoners  were  praying  forgiveness,  he  was 
drinking  wine  (/.  20.)  ;  but  the  pardon  was  never  meant  to  be  sent,  and 
he  was  executed,  exclaiming  against  his  Lordship.  He  discourages 
the  nobility ;  witness  his  marrying  the  Earl  of  Derby's  son  and  heir 
to  the  daughter  of  a  mean  knight,  and  lord  *  *  *  to  a  mean  gentle- 
woman, which  had  nearly  cost  him  Her  Majesty's  favour.  Unless 
the  Lord  bring  his  treacherous  purposes  to  light,  he  will  be  the  hand- 
saw that  shall  hew  the  main  posts  of  the  land  asunder.  [20  pages, 
much  damaged  ;  possibly  the  nucleus  of  the  work  afterwards  much 
altered  and  expanded  into  Leicester's  Commonwealth.'] 

114.  Account  of  spoils  done  by  the  Scots  to  poor  fishermen  at 
Yarmouth.  With  a  ship  of  war,  supposed  to  be  Lord  Robert's,  they 
boarded  a  fishing  boat  belonging  to  Thomas  Foster,  in  the  North 
Seas,  and  took  away  and  did  hurt  to  the  value  of  180?.  They  also 
boarded  other  boats  belonging  to  Richard  Skinner  of  Yarmouth, 


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1584? 


Vol.  XXVm. 

and  took  fish,  &c.,  value  120?.  Also  1,000  lings  out  of  a  boat  be- 
longing to  John  Smith,  junior,  with  the  poor  men's  apparel,  valued 
at  501. — Total,  350L  It  is  said  that  Lord  Eobert  is  building  one 
or  two  great  ships  in  Norway,  to  molest  all  the  English  fishermen  in 
the  North  Seas.     [|  page.'] 


Vol.  XXIX.     1585,  1586. 
1585. 
Jan.  28.        1.  Francis  Earl  of  Bedford  to  Thos.  Seckford,  Master  of  Requests. 
Bedford  House.  The  bearer,  a  very  honest  woman,  is  a  suitor  for  Wright,  her  hus- 
band, who  served  old  Lord  Morley,  and  has  a  suit  in  your  Court ; 
therefore  pray  expedite  the  hearing,  and  assist  her  as  equity  will 
allow.    [I  page.'] 

[Feb.  8.1  2.  Articles  of  the  petition  of  George  Puttenham  to  the  Queen. 
If  the  suggestions  in  his  bill  lately  exhibited  to  Your  Majesty  by 
Dr.  Wilson  be  not  true,  he  seeks  no  favour  thereby,  viz. : — 

If  your  command  were  not  signified  to  him  by  the  Council  and 
Court  of  Requests,  that  his  brother's  land  should  neither  be 
bought,  sold,  nor  alienated,  before  the  Council  were  made  privy 
to  it,  and  had  taken  order  for  his  brother's  wife. 

If  that  order  was  obeyed  by  petitioner,  but  disobeyed  by 
others. 

If  petitioner  had  not  a  suit  instituted  against  him  in  the  name 
of  his  brother,  and  was  condemned  in  1,000?.,  merely  for  stopping 
50?.  rent,  part  of -his  own  allowance. 

If  he  were  allowed  the  money  he  paid  to  Richard's  wife,  from 
6  to  12  Eliz. 

If  he  has  not  satisfied  Francis  Morris  the  said  1,000?.,  as  will 
appear  by  his  depositions  in  the  Court  of  Requests. 

If  he  did  not  at  his  own  cost  entitle  Her  Majesty  to  such  1,000?. 
by  confessing  the  action,  whereas  he  might  have  saved  himself 
therefrom  if  he  had  doubted  of  her  relief 

If  this  entitling  were  not  done  by  advice  of  your  counsel 
learned,  and  the  action  confessed  to  Your  Majesty's  use  only  to 
relieve  your  subject,  and  to  no  other  gain  which  they  think  you 
should  make  of  it. 

If  after  the  action  was  become  yours  in  part,  and  in  part  might 
be  kept  from  you,  Francis  did  not  ofier  to  discharge  petitioner  of 
400?.  of  that  1,000?.,  so  that  the  residue  might'  have  been  paid 
to  him  instead  of  to  you. 

If  he  did  not  refuse  such  offer,  so  that  Your  Majesty  should  not 
be  abused  by  his  fraud. 

If  all  this  be  not  true,  he  refuses  the  benefit  of  his  petition, 
but  otherwise  beseeches  favour  according  to  justice.  [1^  pages. 
See  Bom.  Eliz.,  Vol.  GLXXVL,  No.  45.] 

Feb.  27.        3-  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  the  Council.     You  desire — in 
York.       behalf  of  Elizabeth  Barwick  [or  Barwell],  widow,  who  has  com- 


140 


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1585. 


March  5. 

My  house. 


March  13. 
Bouen. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

plained  to  Her  Majesty  and  you  against  Sir  George  Eadcliffe,  Percival 
Kadcliffe,  and  others,  for  withholding  certain  houses,  tenements,  and 
goods  from  her,— that  I  should  take  order  for  restitution  thereof  if 
there  were  cause,  or  if  she  had  no  just  cause  of  complaint,  certify 
that  she  might  he  answered  accordinglj"-,  if  she  came  up  any  more. 
Upon  examination,  finding  her  complaints  grounded  upon  no  colour 
of  title,  and  not  being  able  to  satisfy  her  with  anything  reasonable, 
I  signified  the  state  of  her  cause  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  who  acquainted 
you  therewith.     [|  page.] 

4.  Horatio  Pallavicino  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  Avill  free  Dr.  Hector 
from  his  debt  at  your  command,  but  he  complains  too  readily. 
The  debt  belongs  to  my  brothers,  and  it  is  reasonable  that  if  they 
have  longer  to  wait  the  doctor's  convenience,  they  should  have  good 
security,  for  he  might  die  and  his  goods  be  scattered.  If  he 
provides  this,  the  rest  shall  be  at  his  pleasure.     [1  page,  Italian.] 

5.  John  Laurens  to  his  brother  and  sister  William  Allambrigge 
and  Joan  Laurens,  at  Ceme.  It  is  now  nine  weeks  since  I  sent 
William  Clerk  with  letters  and  instructions  to  you,  and  hoped  ere 
this  to  have  seen  him  and  your  brother  Allambrigge  here  with  me, 
or  at  least  to  have  heard  from  you.  I  trust  he  arrived  safe,  and 
well  sped  my  business,  as  I  nothing  distrust  him  ;  let  Mr.  Cox,  who 
brings  this,  be  ascertained  of  all  my  aflfairs,  and  let  Wm.  Clerk 
repair  to  him.  I  need  not  use  many  words  in  commending  the 
bearer,  he  being  partly  known  to  you  both,  and  thoroughly  to  me  ; 
Tise  and  trust  him  in  every  matter  of  mine  as  you  would  myself;  he 
can  tell  you  my  estate. 

P.S. — I  do  not  write  to  my  brother  Eocetor  or  Wm.  Clerk,  on 
account  of  the  bearer's  haste.     [1  page.] 

March  14.  6.  Arthur  Throckmorton  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  I  have  ever 
From  my  trusted  upon  your  favour,  so  in  this  desire  I  do  not  fear  but  to  be 
mother's  house,  furthered  by  you.  Understanding  the  charitable  relief  Her  Majesty, 
with  the  wisdom  of  her  country,  is  determined  to  give  to  the  afflicted 
Low  Countries,  and  being  thoroughly  tired  with  an  idle  course,  I 
desire  in  this  action  to  be  set  on  work,  and  the  rather  because 
I  would  cleanse  the  stains  that  some  of  my  name  and  blood  have 
lately  spotted  my  poor  house  with,  by  my  own  good  and  dutiful 
demeanor.  I  am  not  so  ambitious  as  to  catch  at  great  matters,  but 
shall  be  contented  with  what  Her  Majestj^  and  you  shall  think  me 
worthy  of,  making  you  my  only  means  and  furtherer.  I  would  have 
moved  this  suit  by  word  of  mouth,  but  have  been  kept  in  with  an 
ague  six  or  seven  days.     [^  page.] 

March  22.  7.  William  Cecil  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Your  kindness  makes  me 
Orleans.  hold  you  in  Special  memory.  This  rude  letter  is  the  only  way  I 
have  to  keep  myself  in  your  remembrance.  Soon  I  hope  to  have 
some  appointment  which  will  enable  me  to  do  it.  I  am  sorry  I 
cannot  write  to  you  of  my  Lord  Derby's  reception,  but  indisposition 
detained  me  at  Orleans,     [l^ pages.] 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


141 


1585. 
March  ? 


1585? 
April  2. 

Kenilworth 
Castle. 


1585. 

April  7. 

Paris. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Abstract  of  a  letter  from  Council  to  Rich.  Hurleston,  Treasurer 
at  War,  to  order  payment  of  coat  and  conduct  money  to  the  soldiers 
levied  in  every  county  and  ordered  to  London,  taking  their  receipts, 
viz.,  2,250  men  at  4s.  a  man,  and  2,250  at  a  halfpenny  a  mile,  from 
the  place  where  they  were  levied  to  the  port  of  London.  [Dom.  Eliz., 
Vol.  GCXXXVIIL,  No.  83.] 

8.  Robert  Earl  of  Leicester  to  the  Queen.  It  is  no  small  comfort 
to  me  to  hear  of  your  good  health,  which,  next  the  desires  of  your 
long-life,  is  the  thing  your  best  well-wishers  most  pray  for.  For 
which  most  happy  tidings,  chiefly  sent  by  your  own  speedy  mes- 
senger, I  thank  God  that  preserveth  the  cause,  and  acknowledge  in 
all  humility  the  special  favour  showed  to  your  own  creature  and 
vassal,  from  whom  no  recompence  can  be  offered,  but  only  the  heart 
bounden  to  remain  more  desirous  than  able  to  serve  you  ;  but  the 
small  mite  was  acceptable  with  the  Highest ;  my  hope  is  that  the 
little  talent  shall  be  made  more  worthy  in  your  sight  than  all  he 
yields  can  justly  crave;  only  I  will  offer  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving 
all  my  life,  with  prayer  for  your  preservation  many  years  to  rule 
over  us.  Thus  wanting  meet  matter  to  trouble  you,  being  in  the 
barren  soil  of  all  good  things,  I  take  my  leave,  trusting  shortly  to 
attend  at  Court.  "  From  your  old  lodging  in  the  castle  of 
Kenilworth,  where  you  are  daily  prayed  for  and  most  often  wished 
to  be."     [1  page.] 


9.  Rich.  Hakluyt  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Two  days  before  my 
dispatch,  the  Queen,  on  sight  of  two  books  of  mine,  Aristotle's 
Politics  in  Latin  and  Mr.  Raleigh's  Voyage  in  English,  promised  me 
the  next  vacant  prebend  in  Bristol,  but  1  hear  that  Mr.  Saunders  is 
resigning  his  to  another.  If  such  resignations  are  permitted,  it  may 
be  many  years  before  I  am  placed.  I  leave  it  to  Sir  W.  Raleigh  to 
tell  you  how  careful  I  have  been  to  send  him  discourses,  both  MS. 
and  print,  about  his  voyage. 

The  Spanish  ambassador,  Pope's  Nuncio,  and  Jesuits  blaze  about, 
by  their  swarms  of  spies,  anything  that  happens  in  Christendom^  on 
their  side,  but  spread  false  rumours,  and  conceal  anything  against 
them. 

They  concealed  their  overthrow  among  the  Grisons,  and  deny 
their  defeat  at  Antwerp  ;  but  it  will  prevent  the  Prince  of  Parma's 
helping  Guise,  and  thus  cause  him  and  his  faction  to  cease  troubling 
those  of  the  religion,  and  to  enter  into  composition  with  the  King. 

p.S. — The  rumour  of  Raleigh's  fleet,  and  especially  the  preparation 
of  Sir  Francis  Drake,  so  vexes  the  Spaniard  that  I  wish,  if  Drake's 
voyage  be  stayed,  the  rumour  of  it  may  be  continued.  They  have 
sent  some  to  inquire  about  it.  They  have  given  out  that  also  divers 
lords  in  England  were  up  in  arms,  and  the  Catholics  with  them,  and 
had  taken  an  island.     [2^  pages.] 

April  17.       10.  M.  Constable  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  am  bound  to  you  for 

Paris.       your  favour  in  writing  to  me,  and  am  ever  ready  to  follow  your 

advice.    I  would  have  been  glad  to  be  recommended  by  you  to 


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1585. 


Vol.  XXIX. 


Mr.  Beza,  but  seeing  I  dare  not  sta,y,  lest  troubles  should  stop  the 
passage,  I  have  requested  that  favour  of  my  Lord  Ambassador,  who 
has  granted  it,  so  that  the  first  opportunity  I  remove  forward.  I 
hope  to  employ  my  time  to  your  liking,     [1  page.^ 

April  27.        11.  Francis  Lord  Russell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  have  been  to 

Alnwick.      ]\/[r.  Anderson  for  my  money  for  Tynemouth  castle,  but  he  said  he 

had  not  heard  anything  of  it  of  the  Earl  of  Northumberland's  men. 

Pray  set  down  how  I  may  be  paid,  as  I  have  present  need,  and  the 

time  of  the  year  serves  for  provision  for  housekeeping. 

John  Scott,  a  Scotchman  who  served  the  Earl  of  Northumber- 
land seven  years,  but  has  been  two  or  three  years  from  him,  and 
maintained  in  Northumberland  and  Scotland,  coming  to  Tynemouth 
castle,  as  it  seemed  suspiciously,  and  viewing  the  house  and  walls, 
I  caused  him  to  be  apprehended,  and  took  his  examination.  He 
,  seems  simple,  and  yet  to  be  trusted  about  such  business  as  he  goes 
upon.  I  have  taken  a  bond  for  his  appearance,  and  if  you  think  he 
ought  to  be  further  examined,  it  shall  be  done.  More  might  be 
known,  for  I  think  he  carries  letters  to  or  from  Mr.  Witcliffe.  The 
Earl's  secretary  is  now  in  this  country,  and  pretends  nothing  good. 
Remember  that  the  castle,  which  is  without  ordnance  and  powder, 
may  be  furnished.  I  have  no  news,  not  having  been  long  in  the 
country.     [1  page.]    Enclosi/ng, 

11.  I.  Exa/mination  of  John  Scott.  Came  on  the  6th  from  Meri- 
crewJces,  in  Bcotlcmd,  where  he  has  resided  two  years, 
and  lodged  •  with  Cuthhert  Rochester  at  Morpeth  two 
nights.  The  next  night  came  to  Morpeth  to  a  wheelwright, 
to  Tnake  a  long  wain  and  two  spinning  wheels  for 
Thomas  Garr,  of  MericrewJces.  The  next  day  came  to 
Tynemouth,  Shields  to  see  the  horse  boats,  as  dArected 
by  Rochester ;  then  cam,e  to  one  Scurf  eld  to  have  a  letter 
conveyed  to  the  Earl  of  Northumberlcmd,  my  Lady,  or 
his  steward.  Has  spent  most  of  the  last  two  years  in 
Northumberland  with  Mr.  Shafto  of  Bavington,  Oswald 
Midford  of  Ryall,  Wm.  Fenwick  of  Bitchfleld,  Roger 
Fenwick  of  Ca/mma/we,  omd  Wm.  Shafto  of  Oannerton, 
without  wages  from  any  of  them.    [^  page.] 

Tynemouth,  15  April  1585. 

April  ?  12.  Petition  of  the  Mayor,  aldermen,  and  inhabitants  of  Ports- 

mouth to  the  Queen,  to  consider  the  great  ruin  and  decay  of  the 
town,  and  to  grant  her  liberality  towards  it,  so  that  in  a  short  time 
it  may  be  peopled. 

That  a  customer  may  be  appointed  to  receive  her  customs,  and 
account  for  the  same  in  the  Exchequer  ;  and  that  all  burgesses  of 
the  town  may  be  free  of  half  custom  for  20  years,  for  merchandise 
arriving  at  or  shipped  from  Portsmouth. 

That  two  free  fairs  may  be  kept  yearly  for  20  days,  and  that 
during  that  time  all  men  maybe  discharged  of  their  merchandise, 
on  paying  half  custom. 

That  the  wool  staple  for  five  of  the  next  adjoining  shires  may  be 
kept  at  Portsmouth. 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


143 


1685. 


May  16. 

Tynemouth. 


May  19. 

London. 


May  23. 
Tynemouth. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

That  she  will  grant  to  clothiers  residing  within  the  liberties  of  the 
town  free  custom  of  kersies  to  be  made  there  for  20  years,  every 
clothier  nevertheless  being  bound  to  keep  two  corslets  fully  furnished, 
and  able  men  to  wear  them,  and  to  be  mustered  once  a  month. 
[1  foge,  endorsed  by  Burghley.'] 

13.  Lord  Francis  Eussell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  thank  you  for 
writing  to  me  with  your  own  hand.  I  would  do  the  like,  but  my 
hand  is  hard  to  read.  Lord  Maxfield  [Maxwell]  continues  in  arms 
still,  and  the  King  cannot  get  either  the  Earl  of  Arran  or  any  other 
about  him  to  take  the  matter  in  hand  against  him,  and  the  Lord  of 
Fernihurst,  who  is  warden,  is  more  than  half  lunatic.  If  order  is 
not  yet  taken  how  I  shall  be  paid,  procure  it  as  soon  as  you  can, 
and  send  it  by  the  bearer,  and  let  me  in  future  be  paid  by  the  Auditor 
at  every  audit,  and  not  by  any  of  the  Earl  of  Northumberland's 
men,  as  they  shift  me  off  from  day  to  day,  and  I  now  stand  in  great 
need.  Also  order  that  every  ship  or  vessel  coming  in  or  going  from 
this  haven  strike  their  sails,  so  that  better  search  may  be  made,  for 
I  fear  great  evil  is  wrought  in  this  harbour,  and  every  ship  'cannot 
be  searched,  because  if  the  wind  serves,  they  come  in  and  go  up  to 
Newcastle  in  one  tide,  and  likewise  go  forth  ;  also  that  the  house 
here  may  be  furnished  with  munition.     [1  page.'] 

14.  John  White  to  John  Reskinner,  Cornwall.  I  received  your 
letter  of  the  2nd,  requesting  me  to  bear  with  you  for  5,000  of  tin  until 
Michaelmas,  and  you  will  pay  me  4,000  at  Midsummer.  As  I  would 
be  loath  to  deal  hardly  with  any  honest  gentleman,  for  forbearing 
1,000  of  tin  till  Michaelmas,  if  you  fail  not  to  pay  me  the  4,000  at 
the  time  promised,  you  will  keep  yourself  and  your  sureties  out  of 
trouble,  for  as  I  am  so  ill  dealt  with,  my  servant  will  remain  in  the 
country  until  my  debts  are  paid.     [|  page.'] 

15.  Lord  Francis  Russell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  understand 
that  Lady  Northumberland  would  have  paid  the  money  due  for  my 
entertainment  at  Tynemouth,  but  that  you  made  stay  of  receiving 
the  same,  for  which  I  thank  you.  I  enclose  a  schedule  of  the  old 
rent  due  to  Her  Majesty,  as  also  of  how  such  commodities  are  now  let, 
which  is  to  the  uttermost ;  also  a  copy  of  the  Council's  letter  to  the 
Lord  President  of  the  North,  stating  that  I  shall  have  full  provision 
at  a  reasonable  rate,  from  some  of  the  Earl  of  Northumberland's 
men.  His  Lordship  has  written  to  such  as  deal  for  Lord  Northum- 
berland for  the  rates  of  provisions,  but  I  have  not  delivered  the 
letter,  as  Witcliffe,  who  is  dealer  for  his  Lordship,  is  not  in  the 
country.  The  effect  of  my  Lord  President's  letter  is  that  I  shall 
pay  treble  the  old  rent  of  every  commodity,  which  rate  I  think 
hard,  considering  the  charge  of  housekeeping  that  I  am  at. 

Lady  Northumberland  charges  me  to  pay  the  whole  year's  rent 
now,  which  has  heretofore  only  been  paid  at  Lady  Day  and  Michael- 
mas, so  that  if  I  pay  as  my  Lady  has  informed  you,  it  is  but  half  of 
what  she  has  set  down,  which  is  S5l.  for  last  Lady  Day  ;  otherwise, 
accordino'  to  my  Lord  President's  order,  I  am  to  pay  211.  15s.  for 


144 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1585. 


May  24. 
Paris. 


June  3. 
Carlisle. 


June  10. 
Dieppe. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

half  a  3'ear.  I  therefore  refer  all  to  you.  My  man,  John  Lother,  is 
in  London,  to  attend  yOu  for  the  said  money.  As  to  Allan  King,  I 
have  already  certihed  you  what  I  will  do,  and  as  you  request  and 
I  promised,  so  will  I  do  to  him  ;  but  I  am  loath  to  let  any  have 
access  in  or  out  of  the  castle,  save  my  own  men.  Pray  remember 
munition  for  furnishing  the  castle.  [1  page,  with  'margimal  notes  by 
WalsingJwL'm.'] 

16.  Anthony  Cook  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  attended  the  Earl  of 
Derby,  when  on  Her  Majesty's  service  into  these  parts,  and  being 
in  debt,  was  forced  to  remain  abroad  until  I  had  saved  sufficient  to 
extricate  myself.  Not  yet  having  done  so,  as  my  absence  may  be 
construed  into  a  want  of  loyalty  to  Her  Majesty,  I  beseech  you 
to  obtain  me  her  licence  for  my  longer  continuance  abroad. 

P.S. — The  bearer,  my  servant,  has  heard  from  my  Lord  Ambassador 
here  that  you  lay  in  wait  to  clap  him  in  prison,  for  some  lewd 
conversation  alleged  to  have  taken  place  between  him  and  your 
nephew.  Knowing  his  innocency,  he  prefers  to  run  all  risks,  and 
wait  upon  you  to  clear  himself  of  the  matter,  being  held  in  some 
estimation  by  myself  and  others  here. 


[I  page^ 


June  11. 
Greenwich. 


17.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  received  yours 
of  27  May,  signifying  Her  Majesty's  pleasure  for  apprehension  of  a 
person  named,  should  he  repair  into  these  patts,  and  have  caused 
special  watch  to  be  set,  so  that  if  he  should  travel  into  these  parts, 
he  will  hardly  escape  ;  if  he  is  taken,  I  will  send  him  up  as  directed. 
I  have  taken  John  Wood,  a  student  of  the  Temple,  30  years  of  age. 
who  purposed  travelling  into  Scotland.     [1  page."]     EnclosiTigi 

17.  I.  Exaifnination  of  John  Wood,  before  Lord  Scrope,  Lord 
Warden  of  the  West  Marches.  Was  born  in  London,  and 
has  been  a  student  of  the  Temple  eight  years.  Came  from 
London  a  week  since,  with  Matthew  Thompson,  and 
arrived  in  Carlisle  last  night ;  if  he  could  have  pro- 
cured licence,  intended  going  to  Edinburgh,  to  visit  the 
King  and  Court  there.  Was  at  Rouen  12  moTiths  since, 
for  14  days,  and  went  thence  to  Paris,  %vhere  he  stayed 
three  weeks,  at  which  time  passengers  were  very  strictly 
looked  into.  Studied  for  more  than  a  yea/r  at  Queen's 
College,  Cambridge.     [1  page.]         Carlisle,  2  June  1585. 

18.  William  Stafford  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Pray  stand  my 
friend,  and  excuse  me  to  my  mother  who,  though  without  cause, 
will  be  very  angry  with  me  for  this  sudden  departure.  I  am  now 
as  ever  at  your  command,  and  there  is  no  other  man  living  to 
whom  I  am  beholden.  If  I  should  live  to  see  my  blood  shed  in 
your  cause,  I  should  think  it  but  some  recompence  for  the  great 
good  I  have  received  at  your  hands.     [|  page.] 

19.  The  Council  to  the  Lord  President  of  the  North.  You 
I'eceived   letters  from   us   concerning   the    controversies    between 


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145 


1585. 


June  22. 
Tynemouth. 


Jime  26. 

Tynemouth. 


June  26. 
Guernsey. 


June? 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Fras.  Dacre  and  the  Earl  of  Arundel  and  Lord  William  his  brother, 
for  the  lands  which  they  claim  in  right  of  their  wives,  to  which 
Dacre  pretends  a  title,  as  heir  male  to  William  Lord  Dacre.  It  is 
Her  Majesty's  pleasure  that  the  tenants  shall  forbear  paying  any 
I'ents,  fines,  &c.  to  the  said  Earl,  or  to  Lord  William,  or  any  other, 
but  retain  the  same  until  her  further  pleasure  is  known ;  and  that 
order  be  taken  that  no  waste  is  committed,  nor  any  wood  felled, 
and  that  such  as  has  been  felled  be  stayed  upon  the  ground. 
[I  page,  copy  certified  by  W.  Waad.l 

20.  Lord  Fra.ncis  Russell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  bearer,  my 
deputy,  can  inform  you  what  lack  there  is  here  for  munition.  The 
time  is  dangerous,  and  Her  Majesty's  house  here  had  need  be 
provided.  I  wrote  you  for  my  fee  of  Tynemouth,  and  am  very  loath 
so  offc  to  trouble  you,  but  am  constrained  by  necessity.    [^  page.l 

21.  Lord  Francis  Russell  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  Lord  of 
Northurabei-land's  death  will  hardly  be  believed  in  this  country  to  be 
as  you  have  written,  yet  I  am  fully  persuaded,  and  have  persuaded 
others,  that  ib  was  not  otherwise.  I  wish  you  would  be  a  means 
to  Her  Majesty  that  I  might  have  such  commodities  belonging  to 
Tynemouth  castle  as  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  had.  I  am  scant 
able  to  maintain  housekeeping  with  what  I  have,  and  I  have  sent 
my  man  to  you  for  my  fee,  so  that  my  present  wants  may  be 
supplied,     [f  page.'l 

22.  Simon  Alix,  Nicol  le  Due,  Mcol.  Effard,  and  Thos.  Milet, 
ministers  of  Guernsey,  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  you  have  always 
listened  to  the  complaints  of  poor  ministers,  we  wished  to  send  one 
of  our  number  to  complain  that  on  4th  June,  Thos.  Wigmore, 
bailiff,  lieutenant,  and  nephew  of  our  governor,  having  sent  to 
speak  with  us,  ordered  us  to  be  taken  prisoners  to  the  castle,  under 
a  guard  of  soldiers  with  loaded  arquebuses,  endangering  our  lives, 
and  the  lives  of  those  who  in  pity  asked  if  we  wished  to  send 
anything  to  our  wives.  He  then  sent  Louis  and  John  De  Vic, 
Peter  Carey,  and  others,  haters  of  the  ministry,  to  seize  our  houses 
and  detain  our  families,  and  followed  himself  with  soldiers  to  search 
our  studies,  cupboards,  and  presses,  he  sealing  some,  and  taking  away 
what  he  would.  Next  day  he  sent  us  back  to  our  houses.  "  But  when 
we  wished  to  send  one  of  our  number  to  declare  to  you  our  misery, 
the  lieutenant  forbad  him  to  leave.  We  beg  your  aid  against  such 
oppression.     [If  fOAjes,  French.'] 

23.  Request  to  Council  by  the  Treasurer  of  War  [in  the  Low 
Countries,  Rich.  Huddleston  ?].  Towards  my  better  service,  pray 
consider  the  following  articles :— First,  that  I  may  have  the  advice 
of  the  Warden  of  the  Mint,  touching  the  best  means  of  uttering 
those  rose  and  double  nobles  which  I  am  to  receive,  and  that  there- 
unto, and  also  for  obtaining  foreign  coins  of  gold  of  worse  standards, 
for  other  money,  I  may  have  one  man  from  the  Warden,  skilful  of 

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1585.  VO..XXIX. 

mintage,  to  go  over  with  me,  by  whose  help  I  may  provide  much 
foreign  gold,  which  may  be  sent  to  England  to  be  reminted,  with 
benefit  to  the  coin  and  standard  of  this  realm. 

By  these  means  I  dare  venture  to  give  Her  Majesty  30s.  for  the 
coinage  of  every  pound  weight  of  rose  and  double  nobles  I  receive, 
which  is  24s.  more  than  she  now  receives  for  other  gold,  and  by 
the  help  of  such  an  assistant,  to  buy  foreign  coins  of  gold  at 
more  than  their  current  value,  so  as  to  return  them  to  the  Mint 
in  England,  to  be  there  reminted  at  Her  Majesty's  standard  into 
rose  and  double  nobles,  whereby  a  continual  profit  will  redound 
to  her,  and  as  much  foreign  coin  be  brought  into  this  realm 
as  shall  be  carried  out,  whereas  now  all  that  may  be  got  in 
coin  or  bullion  of  gold  is  carried  out,  and  very  little  brought 
in. 

.  For  better  assurance  that  no  loss  may  grow  to  Her  Majesty,  the 
said  Warden  and  Comptroller  may  be  commanded  that  no  rose  or 
double  nobles  be  henceforth  transported  to  me,  made  of  any  other 
gold  than  such  as  will  be  brought  into  this  realm,  and  delivered 
into  the  Mint  in  foreign  coin.  Whatever  sum  I  shall  receive  in 
rose  and  double  nobles,  I  will  give  Her  Majesty  30s.  for  the  car- 
riage of  every  pound  weight,  and  pay  the  charges  of  the  fining  of 
the  gold  whereof  they  are  made ;  and  for  such  gold  as  shall  be 
made  into  nobles  which  I  shall  receive,  I  will  allow  the  charge  of 
fining,  and  such  price  as  was  paid  for  the  same,  above  the  rate  of 
the  English  standard,  desiring  that  there  may  be  a  sufficient  number 
ready  coined  beforehand,  so  that  they  may  be  sent  to  me  as  required. 
By  this  offer,  and  Her  Majesty's  sending  over  100,000^  a  year  in 
the  aforesaid  coin,  she  will  gain  5,0001.  For  the  better  accomplish- 
ing thereof  the  Warden  of  the  Mint  desires  the  restraining  of 
secret  transportation  of  gold  and  silver,  in  such  sort  as  it  is  before 
passed  to  Ealph  Lane.     [1^  pages.'] 

June  ?  24.  Note  by  A.B.  of  things  to  be  considered  of  in  the  levying  of  4,000 

men  for  the  Low  Countries :  in  what  counties  they  shaU  be  levied  ; 
who  shall  be  captains  ;  how  the  weapons  shall  be  sorted;  what  time 
they  shall  be  in  readiness ;  to  what  port  they  shall  repair ;  how 
many  shall  be  levied  in  Ireland,  &c.  What  suggestion  shall  be 
expressed  in  the  letter  touching  the  cause  of  the  levy;  500  men 
to  be  put  in  the  town  of  assurance ;  of  what  number  the  bands 
shall  consist ;  to  appoint  governors,  &c.     [^  page.J 

June  ?  25.  List  of  21  counties  in  which,  with  London,  4,000  men  are  to 

be  levied,  with  the  number  to  be  raised  in  each,  and  the  names  of 
their  captains,     [li  pages,  draft,  much  corrected.] 

July  4.         26.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     My  friend  John 

Carlisle.       Middleton,  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  has  apprehended  Geo.  Sewell  of 

Barwickfeild,   against  whom,  as  you  wrote,  your  servant  has   an 

execution  for  a  debt  of  100  marks  ;  he  shall  be  forthcoming  when 

you  wish.     [^  jaag^e.] 


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1585.  ^<^^-  ^I^- 

July  5.         27.  Sir  Edward  Stafford  to  Lord  Burghley.     I  write  now  to  send 

Paris.  you  Beza's  reply  to  my  letter  about  your  son.  God  knows  what 
has  become  of  him ;  I  have  done  as  much  as  if  he  were  my  own,  to 
hear  of  him.  An  Italian  in  this  town,  who  has  correspondents  at 
Lyons,  has  assured  me  that  he  is  gone  into  Germany,  had  passed 
Bourges,  and  so  was  going  by  way  of  Lyons,  but  I  fear  this  is  not 
'  certain.  What  makes  me  muse  the  more  is,  that  when  he  passed 
by  Bourges,  he  wanted  money,  and  yet  he  has  neither  sent  to  me,  nor 
to  any  other  that  had  charge  to  give  him  any  ;  but  God,  in  whose 
hands  His  servants  be,  I  hope  has  kept  him.  I  shall  not  fail  to 
inquire  for  him,  and  to  do  him  all  the  pleasure  I  can.  I  send  you 
a  letter  received  from  Hilliard.  [|-  fage,  endorsed  by  Burghley 
"  Wm.  Cecil"]    Enclosed, 

27.  I.  E.  Hilliard  to  Sir  Edw.  Stafford.  I  understand  by 
Thierry,  a  Norman,  of  your  care  touching  Mr.  Cecil.  It 
is  not  two  months  since  he  ivas  v^ith  me  at  Bourges,  and 
came,  furnished  with  his  servant  and  other  necessaries, 
expressly  for  Tuy  company  towards  Italy,  but  I  declined 
to  do  him  any  service  until  I  had  commandment  from 
my  Lord  his  grandfather,  or  you.  I  did  not  doubt  but 
at  his  request  it  might  be  speedily  obtained,  for  that  being 
yet  at  Paris,  I  understood  of  both  your  good  opinions  of 
me  for  that  business.  I  was  loath  he  should  undertake 
any  such  cause  without  your  good  liking,  and  more  loath 
to  accompany  him,  uncommanded,  lest  my  faithful  ser- 
vice might  breed  me  sorrow  for  my  pains.  Thereupon  he 
told  me  that  he  would  go  to  Paris  with  his  servant,  and 
that  I  should  hear  from  him,  but  I  now  understand  he 
has  taken  some  other  way. 

I  beg  pardon  if  I  have  offended  in  not  going  with  him ; 
ascribe  it  to  my  nature,  or  my  fear  to  undertake  such  a 
service  without  authority.  I  have  not  yet  heard  from 
him,  nor  know  when  I  shall,  as  I  have  left  Bourges  and 
am  at  Lyons,  on  my  way  to  Geneva,  whence,  after  a 
month's  stay,  I  intend  travelling  into  Italy,  and  will  do 
so  sooner  in  regard  of  this  business,  if  commanded.  Wm. 
Lenquenir,  an  English  merchant  lodgi/>ig  with  one  Si/r 
Morris,  by  Paul's  Wharf  will  convey  your  command  to 
me.     [1  page.]  Lyons,  29  June  1585. 

Aug.  ?  28.  Note  of  the  number  of  men  to  be  raised  in  Essex  and  10  other 

counties  named,  for  service  in  the  Low  Countries,  with  the  names 
of  their  proposed  leaders.     Total  number  of  men,  1,200  ;  officers,  8. 

^  Endorsed,  "  Names  of  the  gentlemen  that  have  not  had  charge." 

Aug.  1  29.  List  of  19  officers  who  have  had,  and  of  10  who  are  to  have 

charge  of  men,  commencing  with  the  Treasurer  [at  War],  Master  of 

the  Ordnance,  Col.  Morgan,  &c.     [|  page.] 

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1585. 
Aug.? 


Aug.? 
Aug.? 

Aug.? 
Aug.? 
Aug.  2. 

Aug.  3. 


Aug.  5. 

London. 


Aug.  11. 
Eouen. 


Aug.  11. 

Bouen. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

30.  List  of  35  captains  placed  in  charge,  with  the  number  of  men 
assigned  to  each,  to  be  raised  in  London  and  25  counties  mentioned. 
[1  page.] 

31.  List  of  38  captains,  similar  to  the  above,  with  the  numbers  of 
their  men,     [1^  pages.] 

32.  List  of  seven  captains  for  Col.  Morgan's  regiment,  with  the 
number  of  men  assigned  to  each,  and  notes  of  imprest  for  conduct 
money  to  the  port  towns.     [|  page.] 

33.  Similar  list.     [J  page.] 

34.  Similar  list,     [i  vage.] 

35.  List  of  3-4  captains,  and  of  the  numbers  of  men  raised  in 
London,  Surrey,  and  19  other  counties,  with  the  places  and  dates 
assigned  for  their  embarkation.     [1 J  pages.] 

36.  Note  of  the  amount  required  for  coat  and  conduct  money, 
for  half  a  month's  pay  of  4,000  men,  for  imprest  for  the  captains 
and  general,  and  for  transportation  ;  total,  6,433i.     [|  page.] 

37.  Sir  Horatio  Palavicino  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  My  brother's 
affairs  with  Dr.  Nunez  need  new  favour,  for  the  1st  of  August  has 
passed  without  his  paying  anything,  or  giving  in  the  expected 
security ;  ■  nor  will  he  do  it  in  my  absence,  unless  you  induce  him, 
[I  page,  Italian.] 

38.  Thomas  Eogers  to  Sir  Horatio  Palavicino,  London.  I  wrote  on 
the  3rd  of  my  safe  arrival  at  Eouen.  It  is  said  here  that  the  Pope 
has  sent  away  the  French  King's  ambassador  from  Rome,  as  the  King 
made  stay  to  receive  a  nuncio  from  him,  viz.,  the  Bishop  of  Nazareth, 
who  was  come  as  far  as  Lyons.  It  is  also  said  that  the  Sorbonne 
doctors  and  commissioners,  who  were  sent  to  the  King  of  Navarre  to 
persuade  him  to  like  the  late  agreements  in  Parliament,  and  resolve 
him  of  such  doubts  as  he  had  of  religion,  have  returned  to  Paris  with- 
out speaking  with  the  King,  so  that  now  it  is  resolved  to  muster  the 
whole  camp  on  the  20th  instant,  near  to  where  the  King  of  Navarre 
is,  and  besiege  some  town  ;  the  Duke  of  Guise  to  attend  the  coming 
of  Casimir,  or"  any  other  that  shall  come  in  aid  of  the  Protestants. 

.  [_The  remavnder  is  written  with  invisible  ink,  more  bnef,  but  to 
the  same  effect  as  the  next  letter,  in  which  the  slight  additions 
are  marked  in  passages  in  brackets.     Also  the  following : — ] 

Pray  stand  my  friend  for  30Z.,  to  pay  a  Frenchman,  and  my 
brother  George,  who  will  demand  some  money  of  you  on  a  mortgage 
of  land ;  also  send  me  51.  to  discharge  my  debts  at  Rouen,  and  I 
will  do  my  best  to  deserve  it.     [4  pages.] 

39.  Thomas  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  I  certified  you  of  my 
arrival  here  on  the  3rd  instant.  I  have  since  been  to  Paris,  and 
made  diligent  search  for  such  parcels  as  I  was  directed  to  provide, 
which  I  hope  to  obtain  shortly,  being  promised  the  help  of  persons 
of  experience. 

IThe  remainder  is  written  in  invisible  ink] 


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1585. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

In  my  letter  of  the  3rd,  I  certified  you  that  Durens  and  Hayns, 
the  Jesuits  who  were  sent  into  Scotland  10  days  before,  had  direc- 
tions from  the  Duke  of  Guise,  and  were  sent  for  bv  the  Earl  of 
Huntley,  by  the  King's  consent.  They  took  shipping  at  Treport, 
apparelled  in  purple  like  mariners,  and  the  ship  was  bound  to 
Newcastle  for  coals. 

I  also  certified  that,  in  the  opinion  of  all  the  papists  at  Kouen, 
the  King  of  Scotland's  religion  was  papistical,  and  that  the  papists  in 
Paris  take  him  to  be  a  papist,  and  whatever  he  says  or  does  to  the 
contraxy  to  be  only  policy,  the  Duke  of  Guise  having  had  letters  to 
that  effect ;  also  that  all  priests  sent  out  of  England  will  be  sent 
into  Scotland,  where  means  have  been  made  for  their  entertain- 
ment by  Earl  Huntley,  Lord  Maxwell,  and  others,  with  the  King's 
consent. 

I  also  wrote  that  Charles  Arundel  was  the  man  who  was  to  have 
led  the  army  into  England,  if  it  should  be  invaded,  and  that  he  has 
lately  received  300  crowns  from  the  Duke  of  Guise,  [who  allows  him 
30  crowns  a  viontK],  which  I  find  to  be  true,  from  conferences 
with  papists  at  Paris,  and  with  Charles  Paget,  in  whose  company 
I  travelled  from  Paris  to  Rouen,  where  he  is  now,  with  Mr.  Tresham 
and  the  Bishop  of  Ross,  to  see  the  profession  of  two  Englishmen,  and 
three  women  of  the.  Order  of  Sion.  I  was  invited,  and  intend  to 
be  there  to  hear  their  discourses. 

From  the  conferences  at  Paris,  I  found  that  my  tokens  of  com- 
mendation brought  the  effect  I  looked  for.  I  also  certified  what 
friends  the  papists  had  in  the  Court,  and  that  the  Earls  of  Cumber- 
land and  Rutland  are  in  working,  by  Fortescue  and  Doyland,  priests  ; 
they  have  also  friends  in  Lord  Herbert  and  Sir  Edw.  Herbert ;  but 
their  women  friends  I  cannot  as  yet  learn. 

I  certify  this  again,  fearing  that  my  ink  may  fail  for  lack  of 
experience. 

I  have  delivered  the  token  of  Tramsom,  alias  Barber,  to  Thos. 
Fitzherbert,  who  upon  sight  thereof,  received  me  into  his  company 
most  willingly,  and  has  given  me  credit  with  all  the  papists  at 
Paris,  except  Charles  Paget,  as  they  are  divided  in  factions,  viz. 
[Lord  Paget  his  brother],  the  Bishop  of  Ross  [Dr.  Lems},  Charles 
Paget,  Thomas  Morgan,  and  Thomas  Throgmorton,  and  some  few 
priests ;  on  the  other  part.  Doctors  Allen  and  Parsons,  and  all  the 
Jesuits,  with  all  the  rest.  Dr.  Allen  plays  on  both  hands,  and 
Thomas  Throgmorton  is  rather  with  the  Jesuits  than  against  them, 
and  the  Jesuits,  with  their  party,  use  him  in  the  following  practice  ; 
viz.,  that  Charles  Arundel,  who  is  now  with  the  Duke  of  Guise,  shall 
conduct  part  of  the  army  upon  the  west  parts  of  England ;  the  Earl 
of  Westmoreland,  who  is  also  at  Paris,  is  promised  10,000  men  and 
100,000  crowns  from  the  Duke  of  Guise,  to  invade  the  north  parts 
upon  "Westmoreland  side,  and  is  seci-etly  determined  to  take  the  two 
young  sons  of  the  late  Earl  of  Northumberland  with  him  ;  Thomas 
Throgmorton  to  invade  the  south  parts  with  Spanish  forces.  The 
Duke  of  Guise  himself  will  invade  England  by  way  of  Scotland 


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1585. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

and  other  Spanisli  forces  are  to  enter  Ireland.  This  is  expected  to 
be  performed  this  winter,  [cmd  all  the  papists  at  Rouen  expect  to  he 
in  England  hefore  Ghristmas\ 

All  this  was  told  me  by  Thomas  Fitzherbert,  as  a  great  secret, 
upon  my  showing  him  the  three  ciphers.  I  also  understand  by  him 
that  Thomas  Throgmorton  goes  very  shortly  into  Spain,  to  further 
the  practices,  and  that  Parsons  is  secretly  in  the  camp  of  the  Prince 
of  Parma,  to  the  like  end,  and  shortly  goes  to  Rome  about  it.  Fitz- 
herbert is  likely  to  know  of  these  matters,  as  he  is  secretary  to  all 
the  persons  before  mentioned  of  our  nation,  and  of  the  Jesuits'  party. 
He  has  offered  me  a  chamber  in  his  house  at  Paris ;  but  his  commons 
are  above  my  reach,  and  I  must  buy  a  bed,  if  I  will  be  there ;  [also 
he  will  want  to  harrow,  and  I  have  nothing  to  lend,  being  six  crowns 
in  dehf].  Yet  it  is  a  place  most  necessary,  as  he  gives  and  receives 
intelligence,  and  his  house  is  the  place  of  common  conference,  and 
the  lodging  of  Charles  Arundel  when  at  Paris  ;  but  if  I  lodge  there, 
I  must  do  so  amongst  a  great  number  of  the  libels  in  French  that 
were  written  against  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  I  mean,  however,  to 
stay  out  of  his  commons,  until  I  hear  your  resolution.  If  I  go 
there,  I  cannot  so  well  sound  Charles  Paget,  as  they  are  jealous  one 
of  another ;  yet  he  has  great  means  of  knowing  the  proceedings  of 
Paget  and  his  company. 

The  Earl  of  Westmoreland  is  but  seldom  used  by  the  Duke  ot 
Guise,  matters  being  wholly  referred  to  Charles  Arundel,  who  seeks 
to  discredit  Paget  and  Morgan,  and  to  keep  this  conspiracy  from 
them,  as  they  are  taken  to  be  spies. 

A  new  Lieger  ambassador  has  lately  gone  into  England  from 
the  King  of  France,  with  whom  the  papists  have  conferred,  and 
framed  him  fully  to  their  purpose,  and  have  means  to  convey 
letters  to  him  in  the  King's  packet,  which  letters  he  will  deliver 
to  an  Italian,  to  be  delivered  to  James  Taylor,  a  grocer  in  Fleet 
Street,  and  by  him  as  shall  be  directed,  if  he  will  undertake  it ; 
but  his  answer  must  be  first  obtained,  which  I  hope  to  be  made 
acquainted  with,  for  Fitzherbert  is  the  principal  man  that  has  dealt 
with  him. 

Charles  Paget  is  now  here,  writing  a  book  in  answer  to  that 
against  Throgmorton  and  the  Earl  of  Northumberland's  death  ;  but 
he  waits  for  what  shall  be  printed  against  William  Shelley,  and  so 
to  print  his  book  in  English  and  Latin ;  and  Clitheroe,  the  priest, 
is  also  here,  assisting  in  it." 

I  can  learn  nothing  as  yet  of  the  cause  of  the  Earl  of  Arundel's 
intention  to  leave  England,  or  that  any  on  this  side  were  acquainted 
with  the  matter,  except  Dr.  Allen  and  Bridge  alias  Gratley,  out  of 
whom  I  can  get  nothing  as  yet,  as  Dr.  Allen  has  gone  to  the  Spa  for 
the  benefit  of  his  health,  and  we  are  not  certain  whether  he  is  alive 
or  dead. 

It  appears  to  be  true  that  Charles  Paget  did  go  to  the  late  Earl 
of  Northumberland  and  others  in  England,  to  move  a  rebellion,  and 
to  give  them  notice  of  the  then  intended  invasion  by  the  King  of 


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Spain,  the  Pope,  and  the  Duke,  although  the  Queen  of  Scots  sent 
him  letters  not  to  proceed,  as  the  time  did  not  fit  for  the  pur- 
pose ;  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  sent  to  him  to  the  same  effect, 
[but  he  concealed  it,  and  went  on  his  journey,]  and  Drs.  Allen  and 
Parsons  laboured  with  the  princes  in  the  conspiracy. 

Paget  has  been  blamed  by  those  of  the  new  conspiracy  for  not 
dealing  in  the  matter  as  he  was  directed,  and  for  discovering  it  to 
the  Council  in  England,  by  which  means  he  has  overthrown  two 
great  persons,  so  that  they  account  him  .a  spy,  the  rather  as  he  has 
often  protested  that  he  never  dealt  with  the  Earl  or  Mr.  Shelley  on 
any  such  matter,  notwithstanding  he  went  to  England  for  that  pur- 
pose. This  brings  him  deeper  in  suspicion  than  before ;  and  the 
great  suit  which  he  makes  for  the  release  of  Thomas  Morgan 
(who  is  also  accounted  a  spy  by  all  the  papists  here)  brings  him 
further  into  it,  so  that  they  exclude  him  from  their  practices,  and 
labour  to  discredit  him  with  the  Duke  of  Guise,  the  Pope,  King 
of  Spain,  and  others,  as  also  to  keep  Morgan  in  prison ;  they  have 
much  prevailed,  though  Paget  is  ignorant  thereof.  Let  me  know  of 
the  receipt  of  my  letters,  and  pardon  what  is  amiss,  as  I  cannot 
peruse  what  is  written.  I  shall  remain  at  Rouen  until  I  know 
your  pleasure  as  to  lodging  with  Fitzherbert,  by  doing  of  which  I 
must  exclude  myself  from  Paget.  I  hold  it  Ibest  to  be  familiar 
with  Fitzherbert,  as  he  and  his  are  the  principal  practisers,  and  by 
them  I  shall  know  some  of  Paget's  courses.  Rouen,  13  Aug.  1585. 
[7  pages,  endorsed  by  PheUppes,  with  abstract  of  the  contents. 
The  italics  in  brackets  are  supplied  from  the  preceding  letter  to 
Palavicino.] 

Aug.  12.  40.  Col.JohnNorris  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  bearer,  Capt.  Hen. 
London.  Studdevant,  wishes  to  serve  in  the  Low  Countries.  Pray,  upon  the 
next  supply,  prefer  him  to  a  charge,  which  I  know  he  will  deserve, 
[i  page.] 

Aug.  13.  41.  Note  of  the  charges  for  coat  and  conduct  money,  and  trans- 
portation of  1,750  men,  to  sail  from  Poole,  Southampton,  Hull, 
Yarmouth,  Harwich,  and  Dartmouth,  sent  into  the  Low  Countries, 
under  the  charge  of  John  Norris ;  total,  1,750^.  [J  page,  endorsed 
by  Burghley.] 

Aug.  25.         42.  Thomas  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  advertised  you,  by 
Paris.        mine  of  the  3rd  and  11th,  of  such  parcels  as  1  had  then  provided, 
and  wiU  send  the  rest. 

[The  following  is  writtten  i/n  invisible  imk]  Since  mine  o±  the 
11th,  my  friend  has  arrived  from  England,  and  I  have  dehvered  hmi 
in  writing  the  state  of  all  things  here,  which  he  promises  to  send 
you.  Lord  Morley  has  been  sohcited  by  his  mother  to  come  over, 
either  to  avoid  imprisonment  in  England  for  seeming  a  Cathohc,  or 
the  peril  that  may  befal  him  in  England,  if  foreign  princes  invade  it, 
and  make  a  conquest.  It  seems  she  has  intelligence  of  such  an  intent; 
but  whether  she  would  make  her  son  an  agent,  or  whether  she  is 
moved  by  any  of  the  Princes  on  this  side  to  call  him  over,  I  know 
not.     He  has  promised  to  come  when  she  sends  for  him,  and  has 


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certified  her  that  6,000?.  is  the  most  he  can  bring  over,  in  money, 
plate,  and  jewels.  Since  then  she  has  sent  over  one  Hanmer,  a 
gentleman,  and  Ithell,  a  priest,  to  fetch  him  over ;  they  set  forward 
three  or  four  days  since  to  get  all  things  ready,  when  Mr.  Lentroppe, 
his  Lordship's  cousin,  who  lies  on  this  side  with  a  ship  of  France,  will 
come  and  fetch  him. 

I  send  you  verbatim  copies  of  letters  delivered  me  by  Bridge,  alias 
Gratley,  to  send  to  Henry  Donne.  The  letters  I  have  given  to  my 
brother,  to  be  delivered  to  Donne.  One  is  private,  and  addressed  to 
Mrs.  Paunsford  from  her  husband.  My  friend  thinks  Donne  should 
adopt  some  other  means  than  that  of  my  brother  for  sending  his 
letters,  as  he  may  get  into  danger  through  them.  If  Donne  might 
find  means  to  write  to  Gratley  through  me,  his  or  my  Lady's  letters 
might  declare  more  secret  matter  than  otherwise  will  be  revealed, 
as  I  am  still  persuaded  tliat  Donne  was  privy  to  all  these  proceedings. 
[3  pages.'] 

Sept.  4.  43.  The  Queen  to  Henry  Lord  Scrope,  Lord  Warden  of  the  West 

Marches,  Sir  John  Selby,  Wm.  Bowes,  and  Christopher  Dacre.  We 
understand  that  at  a  day  of  truce  held  at  Cocklow  in  the  Middle 
Marches,  according  .to  the  ancient  treaties  and  laws  of  the  Borders, 
Francis  late  Lord  Russell  was  horribly  murdered,  to  the  great  dis- 
contentment of  us,  and  to  the  evil  example  of  all  others,  if  remedy 
may  not  be  had  for  stay  of  such  practices. 

Considering  therefore  how  greatly  it  would  touch  us  in  honour 
to  have  a  person  of  that  quality  murdered,  and  the  peace  broken 
after  the  assurance  given, — a  thing  of  most  dangerous  consequence — 
[we]  have  moved  our  dear  brother  and  cousin  the  King  of  Scots,  by 
our  Ambassador  resident  there,  that  special  commissioners  may  be 
appointed  by  either  of  us  to  proceed  jointly  to  find  out  the  executors 
of  the  said  murder  and  breach  of  the  peace.  Finding  that  in  the 
part  of  the  said  King  there  is  the  like  forwardness  to  the  prose- 
cution of  the  offenders,  he  having  already  appointed  persons  to 
join  in  commission,  we  therefore  have  appointed  you  our  commis- 
sioners, to  join  with  his,  to  inquire  by  whose  procurement,  and  how 
and  in  what  manner  the  said  Lord  Russell  came  to  his  said  death, 
and  who  were  practisers  or  parties  to  the  said  most  horrible  murder  ; 
and  such  as  shall  be  detected  to  have  been  culpable  of  the  said 
murder,  or  infringers  of  the  peace,  you  shall  require  the  commis- 
sioners deputed  by  our  said  brother  to  deliver  to  you,  and  certify  your 
proceedings  herein  to  our  Court  of  Chancery,  there  always  to  remain 
of  record,  and  also  to  our  Council,  that  order  may  thereupon 
follow.  For  better  execution  of  the  premises,  we  require  all  jus- 
tices, wardens,  Serjeants,  mayors,  sheriffs,  bailiffs,  constables  and 
all  other  our  officers,  ministers,  and  subjects  to  whom  this  case  shall 
appertain,  to  be  aiding  and  assisting  you  in  the  due  execution  of 
this  our  commission,     [2|  pages,  copy.] 

Sept.  5.  44.  Sir  John  Forster  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester.     I  understand  by 

Alnwick.      yours  that  Her  Majesty  has  granted  you  and   my  Lord  of  Warwick 

the  wardship  of  the  young  Earl  of  Bedford,  and  the  farm  of  his  lands 


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1585.  Vol.  XXIX. 

during  his  minority,  whicli  is  a  great  comfort  to  me  and  all  his 
friends,  as  he  is  the  only  joy  and  comfort  that  I  have  next  under 
God.  You  also  write  that  I  am  to  send  him  to  my  Lord  President 
at  York,  who  will  bring  him  to  London,  and  I  received  a  similar 
letter  from  the  President  himself.  As  the  young  Earl  is  sickly  and 
weak,  and  not  able  to  travel  without  danger  of  his  life,  pray  allow 
him  to  remain  with  me  until  the  spring,  and  I  will  do  my  best  to 
see  him  brought  up  in  learning,  and  keep  a  schoolmaster  for  that 
only  purpose,  one  whom  his  father  made  choice  of  during  his  life. 
[1  page.'] 

Sept.  30.         45.  Thomas  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     The  last  parcels  I  sent 

Paris.        were  of  the  18th  inst.,  since   which  my  friend   has  departed  hence. 

I    have  never  received  any  advertisement  of  their  receipt ;  let  me 

know  what  you  have  received.     I  have  sent  notes  thereof  by  my 

friends. 

\_The  following  is  in  invisible  ink : — ]  In  mine  of  the  18th,  I 
certified  that  Dr.  Allen  was  gone  to  Rome  with  Morris,  a  priest.  I 
have  since  seen,  by  letters  from  Parsons  of  20  Sept.,  that  he  is  gone 
after  him  with  speed,  and  wills  that  if  his  going  is  discovered,  it  be 
given  out  that  he  is  gone  on  a  pilgrimage,  and  to  sequester  himself 
from  all  world!}'  affairs  ;  his  going  is  to  forward  the  invasion  of 
England  this  winter,  and  he  and  Dr.  Allen  have  concluded  to  sift 
Batson,  the  Jesuit  in  Rome,  about  his  being  in  England,  and  to  dis- 
credit some  of  the  Cardinals  there,  if  they  can,  about  the  matters 
which  Aldred  deals  in. 

The  enclosed  is  the  last  from  Rome.  I  do  not  know  the  contents 
of  the  cipher,  but  I  have  set  it  down  verbatim. 

Lord  Paget's  coming  from  Rome  is  to  meet  with  Thomas 
Throgmorton  at  Genoa,  where  they  will  take  shipping  for  Spain,  for 
furthering  the  invasion  there.  Thos.  Throgmorton  is  still  here  in 
Paris,  attending  the  coming  of  Malvoisier,  the  old  French  Lieger, 
hoping  by  him  to  hear  from  the  Scottish  Queen,  and  also  for  money 
for  himself;  but  he  cannot  stay  long  here,  as  Lord  Paget  has  already 
come  from  Rome  to  meet  him.  All  the  rest  of  the  papistry  expect 
his  coming,  as  he  brings  them  answer  from  the  new  Lieger  about 
the  conveying  of  their  letters  to  and  fro,  and  also  an  answer  from 
Arnold,  the  Frenchman  whom  I  mentioned  before,  about  the  Scottish 
Queen. 

The  Irishmen  who  passed  Scotland  have  arrived  here,  and  been  in 
Normandy,  with  the  bishop  that  made  this  Irish  bishop  a  priest, 
and  he  gave  them  a  few  crowns.  There  was  a  convocation  of  bishops 
here  yesterday,  of  whom  the  Irishmen  begged,  alleging  they  were 
forced  to  fly  their  country  through  fear  of  persecution.  They  also 
conferred  with  Lord  Hamilton,  to  whom  they  brought  commendations 
from  the  King  of  Scots,  and  divers  of  the  nobility  there,  as  they  said, 
and  eight  letters  from  the  Earl  of  Arran,  Lord  Huntley,  Maxwell, 
and  others  ;  but  being  pursued  upon  the  seas,  they  cast  them  into 
the  water,  and  do  not  know  the  contents;  they  will  stay  here 
this  Avinter,  and  go  to  Rome  in  the  spring,  to  procure  some  pension. 


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1585.  ^^^-  ^^'^- 

As  yet  I  cannot  perceive   other   than  that  they  come  directly  a 
begging. 

There  is  an  agreement  made  amongst  the  gentlemen ;  they  will 
not  come  to  conference,  so  Drs.  Gilford,  StilHngton,  and  Barrett 
have  returned,  to  Rheims.  One  Boyle  has  the  direction  of  the 
seminary,  until  the  return  of  Dr.  Allen,  who  has  given  out  that  no 
priest  shall  be  sent  into  England  before  be  gives  order  from  Rome. 

Here  is  great  looking  into  Aldred's  doings,  and  they  are  very 
vigilant  upon  him,  and  intend  to  do  him  mischief,  except  he  looks 
warily  to  his  business.  Three  or  four  days  since,  the  "Pope's  Nuncio 
received  letters  from  Rome,  with  articles  against  Charles  Arundel, 
tending  that  he  is  a  spy  for  England  and  maintained  from  thence, 
the  suspicions  arising  from  his  haunting  much  the  English  Am- 
bassador here.  Upon  the  coming  of  these  articles,  the  Nuncio 
sent  for  all  the  gentlemen  here,  and  swore  them  to  answer  the 
articles  preferred  against  Arundel,  examined  him  himself,  and  is 
now  well  satisfied  of  him,  and  so  returned  him  to  be  an  honest 
man,  and  gave  him  credit,  and  his  own  nag  and  foot  cloth,  with 
one  of  his  servants  to  bring  him  to  his  lodgings.  This  is  supposed 
to  have  been  done  at  Rome  by  Charles  Paget.  The  Pope  is  the 
more  desirous  to  be  persuaded  of  Charles  Arundel,  as  he  has  been 
commended  to  him  by  the  Duke  of  Guise,  for  a  meet  man  to  have 
the  conduct  of  an  army  to  invade  his  native  country  ;  and  Arundel 
suggested  to  the  Pope  certain  plots  how  the  country  might  be 
invaded.  He  goes  to  the  Duke  of  Guise's  camp  next  Friday.  The 
general  hope  of  all  the  gentlemen  papists  here  is  to  be  in  England 
with  a  force  this  winter,  or  at  least  before  Shrovetide.  [3^  pages. 
Endorsed  with  an  abstract  by  Phelippes.] 

Oct.  1.  46.  Thos.  Swigo  to  Sir  Wm.  Stanley.     I  am  prisoner  here ;  I  pre- 

Berghes.  tended  to  be  an  Italian,  Cosmo  d'  Alexandria  of  Milan.  Take  care  how 
you  go  out  to  skirmishes,  for  they  will  venture  themselves  to  have  you, 
alive  or  dead.  Take  heed  how  you  receive  any  English  or  others, 
for  they  work  to  kill  you  by  treason,  and  receive  none  that  bring 
you  private  tokens.  Dispatch  my  messenger  back  to-morrow  night. 
[%  page,  copy.] 

Oct.  18.  47.  Thomas  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  sent  two  patterns 
St.  Luke's  Day.  of  such  stuff  as  you  required,  on  18  and  30  Sept.,  which  was  all 
I  sent,  since  I  sent  by  my  friend.  The  merchant  who  conveyed  such 
parcels  as  I  sent  heretofore  has  sent  me  word  that,  in  respect  of  the 
wars,  he  will  not  send  any  more  stuff  of  such  value,  lest  it  should 
miscarry  by  soldiers,  and  he  be  blamed.  I  have  told  him  that  the 
value  is  mistaken  by  him,  though  it  be  fair  in  show,  and  that  it 
may  pass  as  before,  without  peril ;  nevertheless  he  will  venture  no 
more.  You  must  therefore  take  some  new  order,  for  divers  parcels 
will  be  ready  shortly.  I  received  a  letter  from  my  friend  lately 
for  other  parcels,  which  I  have  also  bespoken,  and  will  send  them 
when  I  have  safe  means.  Say  whether  they  come  safely  to  you. 
[The  following  is  written  with  invisible  ink  .■]   The  Irish  Bishop, 


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1585. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

haying  begged  here  50  crowns,  has  gone  towards  Kome  to  procure 
relief,  with  two  of  his  company,  whereof  one  is  made  a  priest 
by  the  Bishop  of  Koss ;  for  the  other  two,  one  has  gone  to  the 
Bishop  of  Saintes,  in  Normandy,  to  be  kept  by  alms,  and  the  other 
remains  in  Paris,  not  being  [able]  to  travel.  Thos.  Throgmorton 
departed  two  days  since  towards  Genoa,  to  meet  Lord  Paget,  and 
so  to  Spain,  to  procure  relief  (as  it  is  given  out).  Lord  Paget 
has  no  great  need,  as  not  long  since  he  received  6,000?.  from 
England. 

The  robbing  of  Mons.  Malvoisier  upon  the  seas  has  undone  many 
papists  here,  of  whose  money  he  has  lost  above  3,000  crowns, 
whereof  501.  was  Thos.  Throgmorton's. 

The  Jesuits  have  certified  lately  that  they  proceed  according  to 
their  wishes  in  Scotland,  and  have  reconciled  10,000  of  late,  and 
daily  expect  numbers,  and  also  to  gain  the  King,  which  is  the  mark 
they  shoot  at,  and  the  cause  of  their  going  thither,  and  the  taking 
of  that  King  is  daily  expected  by  the  Duke  of  Guise. 

It  is  not  likely  that  the  Prince  of  Parma  will  use  the  Earl  of 
Westmoreland  in  any  matter,  but  rather  Ligons,  neither  is  it  pre- 
mised that  he  will  enter  Scotland,  but  the  Duke  of  Guise ;  and 
shortly  after  the  King  shall  be  in  the  possession  of  the  Jesuits.  The 
most  certain  hope  they  have  is  from  Spain,  both  of  men,  money, 
and  ships,  as  is  promised  by  the  help  of  the  Pope,  who  hitherto 
yielded  no  comfort  of  pensions  to  any,  but  hopes  (in  secret)  of 
common  aid. 

Charles  Arundel  has  gone  to  the  Duke  of  Guise,  whither  the 
Earl  of  Westmoreland  shortly  goes,  to  attend  his  sending  into  Eng- 
land. The  Earl  and  the  Prince  of  Parma  are  at  odds,  for  the  Prince 
has  taken  away  the  charge  of  men  that  the  Earl  had  in  Flanders, 
whereupon  the  Earl  has  forsaken  his  pension,  and  is  at  defiance 
with  the  King  and  the  Prince. 

It  is  believed  that  the  King  of  France  is  evilly  affected  towards 
England,  and  solicited  by  the  Queen  his  mother  thereto,  and  that 
the  Duke  Pernone  [d'Espernon  ?]  has  been  sent  away,  for  fear  he 
should  hinder  it,  and  the  Cardinals  of  Bourbon  and  Guise  remain 
here  at  Court ;  this  much  was  delivered  by  the  Pope's  Nuncio  to 
Mr.  Tresham,  to  say  to  the  Prince  of  Parma  from  him.  Here  is  as  yet 
no  intelligence  to  be  had  with  the  Queen  of  Scots,  but  daily  hoped 
for.  I  cannot  fully  discover  the  means,  as  I  have  no  skill  to  de- 
cipher their  letters,  but  will  send  copies  of  some  in  cipher  by  ray 
next,  and  desire  to  have  means  to  convey  your  letters  with  speed, 
as  the  Chovins  have  refused  to  send  any  more.  The  times  are  likely 
to  be  dangerous  to  those  of  the  religion  who  are  known,  and  have 
their  letters  searched.  We  expect  Allen  and  Parsons  from  Rome. 
[3|  pages.] 

Oct.  20.  48.  Account  of  disbursements  for  the  army  in  the  Low  Countries, 
from  2  Aug.  to  20  Oct.  [1585]  ;  total,  11,636?.  18s.  Sd.  With  note 
that  this  sum  being  taken  from  17,000?.,  will  leave  5,364?.  17s.  9c?., 
out  of  which  2,000?.  has  to  be  paid,  that  was  taken  up  by  George 


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,,„_  Vol.  XXIX. 

Leicester  at  Middleburg,  by  way  of  exchange  ;  also  the  cost  of  the 
soldiers  levied  in  Essex,  and  of  such  as  were  appointed  to  the  port 
of  Plymouth  or  Falmouth,  in  the  West  Country.     [I  page.] 

Oct.  25.  49.  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.  Restraint  having 
Guernsey,  been  made  by  Queen  and  Council,  that  no  pilchards,  corn,  or  other 
victuals  should  be  exported  to  St.  Malo  or  elsewhere  in  France,  lest 
it  should  be  conveyed  to  Spain,  to  the  succour  of  Her  Majesty's 
enemies,  there  is  great  fault  in  the  officers.  Now  there  are  12  or 
14  ships  laden  for  Spain,  and  3  more  bound  for  St.  Malo,  one 
belonging  to  Sir  John  Gilbert,  which  is  stayed  until  they  enter 
bonds  to  bring  certificates  from  Sir  John  Gilbert  and  the  Customer 
of  Dartmouth,  that  the  goods  were  lawfully  exported.  The  other 
two  ships'  cockets  were  suspicious,  so  I  send  them,  but  they  allege 
the  licence  of  your  deputy.  I  beg  instructions.  [^  page,  copy.] 
Enclosing, 

49.  I.  Licence  to  Peter  Silvester,  hy  Thomas  Edmonds  and  John 
Bland,  deputies  of  Sir  Francis  Walsingham,  in  the  port 
of  Plymouth,  for  Jeffrey  Bahb  of  Totnes,  and  Leonard 
Dare  of  Tavistock,  to  depart  into  Franbe,  with  a  hark, 
the  Christopher  of  Lowe,  o/40  tons'  burthen,  with  her  full 
lading  ;  Sir  Francis  having  hy  patent  the  right  to  license 
exports  and  imports  in  time  of  war.     [|  pagei\ 

15  Oct.  1585, 

49.  II.  Licence  hy  William  Creed,  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs 
of  Fowey,  for  Leonai^d  Dare,  merchant,  to  transport  54 
tons  of  pilchards  and  conger,  in  the  Trudeler,  hound  for 
St.  Malo,  the  farmers'  licence  and  the  customs  heing  duly 
paid,     i^page.]  Foiuey,  22  Oct.  1585. 

Nov.  4.         50.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  See.  Walsingham.    Mr.  Hotham, 
York.        high  sheriff  of  this  county,  sent  me  the  enclosed  answer  to  a  letter 
received  from  the  Council. 

P.S.— I  received  yours  of  22  Sept.,  intimating  Her  Majesty's 
desire  that  inquiries  should  be  made  as  to  the  state  of  Harbottle 
Castle  and  Riddesdale,  while  I  was  in  those  parts,  as  it  was  then 
thought  I  should  have  been  ;  if  I  receive  no  other  advice  from  you, 
I  will  require  some  two  captains  of  Berwick  to  go  and  view  the 
castle,  and  I  will  seek  to  be  informed  of  Eiddesdale  by  some  gentle- 
men dwelling  nigh.     [1  page.] 

Nov.  12.  51.  Declaration  of  money  paid  by  Richard  Huddleston,  Treasurer 
of  the  Army  in  the  Low  Countries,  for  coat  and  conduct  money, 
transportation,  and  wages  for  three  months,  from  12  Aug.  to  12  Nov. 
1585  ;  total,  16,995?.  With  note  that  273^  more  has  to  be  allowed 
by  the  States,  for  the  wages  of  91  extra  men.     [|  page.] 

[Nov.  28,]  Grant  to  Lancelot  Bottock,  of  the  office  of  constable  of  Holt 
Castle,  in  the  Marches  of  Wales  ;  fee,  101.  a  yeai\  [Latin,  Warrant 
Book  /.,  p.  161.] 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  157 


1585.  ^«^-  ^^I^- 

Dec.  6.  52.  [Thos.J  B[arQes]  to  Sec.  Walsingham.      Charles  Arundel  is 

Paris.  now  here,  and  I  have  a  vehement  suspicion  he  is  framing  some 
plot  against  England,  for  these  reasons  : — At  his  first  coming,  he 
imparted  his  intent  to  Thomas  Fitzherbert,  for  I  saw  a  letter 
from  him  to  Foulgiam,  stating  that  he  had  come  about  some  matter 
that  would  shortly  turn  to  the  benefit  of  all  the  persecuted  here, 
but  he  must  not  say  what  it  was,  having  sworn  secrecy.  He  has 
also  had  secret  conferences  with  Acconer,  the  Irishman,  left  here  by 
the  Irish  Bishop  when  he  went  to  Rome,  and  has  been  very  forward 
to  solicit  the  gentlemen  here  to  rebellion.  He  has  had  conferences 
with  Capt.  Gaye,  who  is  towards  the  Duke  of  Guise,  a  portion  of 
which  I  overheard,  unknown  to  them  ;  which  was  that  Capt.  Gage 
should  procure  him  500  men,  to  come  into  Picardy  when  he  gave 
notice,  and  there  take  shipping,  which  was  promised.  I  also  lieard 
him  tell  Anthony  Rolestone  that  the  Earl,  his  master,  and  he  had 
determined  to  proceed  shortly  in  a  manner  that  would  either  gain 
them  liberty  and  lands,  or  prove  the  loss  of  their  lives,  and  thus 
make  an  end  of  their  misery ;  and  he  asked  Rolestone  whether  he 
was  a  good  seaman. 

I  have  specially  observed  that  he  has  order  to  receive  money  of 
the  Queen  of  Scots'  agent,  and  that  he  has  lately  pawned  or  sold 
all  his  jewels,  to  make  money  for  himself  Westmoreland  and  he 
are  continually  very  busy  about  this  matter  with  Don  Bernardino, 
the  nuncio,  and  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow.  In  all  his  conferences 
publicly  at  his  meals,  he  and  Westmoreland  are  concluded  to  go  to 
sea,  and  make  great  estimation  of  a  certain  place  in  Dorsetshire 
to  land  in,  near  Poole  and  between  Blouvord  and  Berry,  where 
dwells  one  Williams,  a  great  friend  of  theirs,  who  will  help  with 
100  men;  but  their  greatest  friend  for  help  is  Richard  Feejames, 
a  justice  in  that  part,  allied  to  Sir  John  Young.  Tliis  landing  place 
is  a  hole  in  a  hank,  where  three  or  four  ships  may  lie  afloat  at  low 
water  mark,  and  go  out  at  their  pleasure,  and  except  for  a  full 
south  wind,  they  may  lie  there  unseen,  and  land  their  men  there 
if  they  list.  I  find  in  Arundel's  tables  a  special  note  to  write  to 
the  Earl  of  X,  but  who  he  is  I  cannot  say.  [I ^  pages.  Endorsed 
by  Phelippes.'] 

Dec  12.  53.  Account  of  payments  made  to  Her  Majesty's  forces  in  the 
Low  Countries,  from  12  Aug.  to  12  Dec.  1585  ;  total,  25,019?. 
[1  page."] 

Dec.  13.  54.  Sir  William  Pelham  to  the  Queen.  The  Lord  Treasurer  and 
Mr.  Secretary  signified  that  it  was  your  pleasure  to  employ  me  in 
the  Low  Countries,  under  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  and  that  the  arrears 
upon  my  account,  for  allowances  to  myself  and  your  other  ofiicers 
for  many  years,  being  8,000f.,  should  be  re-answered,  and  the  bills 
remaining  in  my  hands  delivered  into  the  Exchequer,  to  be  sued 
to  your  use  in  my  name,  and  that  such  as  proved  good  should  be 
cut  from  my  charge,  and  the  rest  installed  upon  me. 


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,_o_  Vol.  XXIX. 

Considering  the  disease,  poverty,  and  other  defects  of  some  of 
the  debtors,  besides  my  own  inability  to  make  satisfaction,  it  stays 
me  from  resolving  how  to  serve  you,  either  in  that  place  to  which 
I  stand  nominated,  or  otherwise,  as  my  heart  desires,  or  as  in  duty 
I  ought ;  seeing  that  these  sums  are  larger  than  was  expected,  and 
that  my  private  debts  are  5,000^.,  it  is  more  than  I  am  able  to 
bear,  or  can  countervail  with  my  lands ;  if  your  pleasure  is  carried 
out,  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to  perform  the  intended  service 
with  any  countenance  to  myself,  or  with  the  hope  of  one  penny  of 
relief  to  my  posterity.  If  you  will  not  ease  me  of  my  debts,  pray 
take  my  poor  living  into  your  possession,  and  give  order  for  their 
payment,  and  imprest  me  some  convenient  sum  to  set  me  forward, 
and  then  employ  me  how  and  where  you  please,  and  to  prove  my 
loyalty,  J  will  hazard  my  blood,    [f  page."]     Annexing, 

54.  I.  Note  of  money  expended  by  Sir  W.  Pelhain,  in  his 
journey  made  by  the  Queen's  com/mand  to  Flushing; 
attending  Lord  Cobham  and  Mr.  Secretary  into  the  Low 
Countries ;  journey  to  Ireland,  including  his  entertain- 
ment, and  intended  journey  to  the  Scottish  Queen;  as 
also  of  sums  disbursed  for  matters  in  his  office,  beyond 
his  ordinary  allowance,  since  his  last  account  i/n  1573. 
Total,  8,511Z.  I7s.  Marked,  "A  note  of  such  sums  of 
money  as  Tour  Highness'  poor  servant  {without  any 
recompense)  hath  disbursed  in  Your  Majesty's  service, 
[i  pa,ge.] 

Dec.  1 6.  55.  Thomas  Eogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Charles  Arundel,  after 
staying  here  10  or  12  days,  departed  again  towards  the  Duke  of  Guise, 
intending  to  return  on  Christmas  eve.  The  cause  of  his  coming  was 
to  receive  3,000  crowns  of  the  Scottish  Queen's  officers  here,  which  he 
laid  out  in  England  about  her  affairs,  before  coming  over.  The  money 
has  been  promised  him  several  times,  but  only  300  or  400  crowns 
paid  him  a  year  since,  and  100  lately,  which  was  the  money  I 
mentioned  in  my  letter  of  the  6th  inst.  The  rest  he  cannot  get 
yet ;  Paget  and  Thos.  Morgan  hinder  it  through  some  old  quarrels, 
which  Arundel  having  grieved  over,  he  had  like  to  have  slain  Paget 
with  his  dagger,  in  presence  of  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow  and  Lords 
Claudius  Hamilton  and  Westmoreland,  but  was  prevented  by  Hamil- 
ton, and  the  controversies  have  been  committed  to  the  hearing  of 
Glasgow,  Westmoreland,  and  Hamilton,  after  Christmas, 

A  second  cause  of  Arundel's  coming  hither  was  to  procure  money 
of  Don  Bernardino  and  the  Nuncio,  for  furnishing  three  or  four 
ships  of  war  about  St.  Malo,  wherein  he  and  Westmoreland, 
with  Capt.  Gaye,  and  600  or  700  men,  intended  to  go  secretly 
into  England,  upon  Somersetshire,  there  to  rob  and  burn,  and  to 
take  some  gentlemen  of  account  out  of  tljieir  houses,  if  they  can 
get  there,  and  to  ransom  them,  and  return  with  the  spoil ;  but  the 
matter  takes  no  effect  as  yet,  as  Arundel  has  not  his  money,  and 
neither  Bernardino  nor  the  Nuncio  yielded  them  any  comfort.    West- 


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Vol.  XXIX. 

moreland  is  now  sent  for  again  by  the  Duke  de  Mayenne,  to  receive 
his  charge  for  those  wars,  which  he  is  ready  to  do,  if  he  may  have 
inoney  for  himself  and  men.  These  letters  came  since  Arundel's 
departure. 

The  change  in  Scotland  has  made  many  here  very  melancholy ; 
they  have  no  news  except  the  general  report  from  England,  that  the 
lords  who  were  banished  have  the  King  in  their  custody,  which  if  it 
proves  true,  Bernardin  told  them  his  master  would  be  twice  advised 
before  he  invades  England,  and  would  not  venture  to  invade  with- 
out he  were  sure  of  a  good  party,  either  in  England  or  Scotland, 
or  both. 

These  words  have  so  deeply  impressed  these  melancholy  men  that 
I  fear  they  will  be  mad ;  and  they  that  lately  hoped  to  be  Kings 
are  now  almost  prepared  to  die  beggars.  Bernardin  further  told 
them  that  he  was  persuaded  the  King  would  employ  his  whole  forces 
for  the  Low  Countries,  before  he  began  with  England  ;  yet  it  might 
be  he  said  that  his  master  would  pass  by  some  part  of  England  to 
burn  and  spoil,  as  Sir  Francis  Drake  did  in  Spain,  on  purpose  to 
procure  Her  Majesty  to  emply  her  force  to  defend  her  own  frontiers. 
He  said  he  approved  this  device  of  Arundel's,  but  could  not  con- 
tribute to  the  expenses,  for  want  of  commission. 

There  is  great  expectation  of  letters  from  the  Jesuits  in  Scotland, 
and  if  they  do  not  yield  a  good  account  of  their  doings,  they  will 
lose  their  credit  with  all  our  papists  here  ;  for  they,  upon  the  Jesuits' 
promise  in  their  last  letters  of  28  Nov.,  expected  that  the  King 
would  have  been  in  their  safe  custody,  with  Huntley  and  Maxwell ; 
yet  they  are  not  altogether  in  despair,  because  they  hope  Lord 
Hamilton  will  prove  for  their  party,  and  so  much  his  brother.  Lord 
Claudius  Hamilton,  has  assured  them,  the  rather  if  Lord  Maxwell 
and  his  brother  continue  friends ;  they  also  hope  that  Lord  Marr 
will  be  made  a  party  for  them,  if  any  of  the  Jesuits,  and  especially 
Hayns,  may  come  to  him. 

We  hear  from  Dr.  Allen  at  Rome  that  lie  has  spoken  once  with  the 
Pope,  and  that  he  has  licence  to  go  to  him  at  his  pleasure.  He 
finds  the  Pope  a  clement  Prince,  and  well  affected  to  our  country, 
but  he  fears  they  will  not  long  have  two  seminaries,  the  Pope 
alleging  great  poverty ;  and  for  that  viaticums  are  costly,  he  fears 
the  seminary  at  Rome  will  be  dissolved,  the  rather  that  they  cannot 
live  there  in  so  quiet  a  sort  as  they  might  have  done  ;  but  yet  he 
hoped  to  find  the  Pope  in  a  better  vein. 

William  Tresham,  at  his  departure  from  this  town,  had  opposed 
himself  directly,  with  Paget  and  Throgmorton,  against  the  proceed- 
ings of  Parsons,  as  he  did  not  like  that  gentlemen  should  be  directed 
by  priests;  but  a  Rheims  doctor  so  well  handled  him  that  he  has 
recanted  his  opinion  in  writing  to  Parsons  at  Rome. 

Here  is  one  Geo.  Truberfield,  who  is  made  great  account  of  to 
serve  a  turn,  if  England  should  be  invaded  upon  the  parts  where  he 
dwells.  He  was  of  the  council  for  conveying  over  Roger  Yardley. 
The  papists  here  have  some  friends  very  near  to  Her  Majesty,  both 


160  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


,^„^  Vol.  XXIX. 

l5o5. 

in  her  presence  and  privy  chamber  ;  their  names  are  kept  very  secret, 

yet  they  have  promised  me  that  if  I  will  procure  means  to  go  home 

to  England,  I  shall  have  their  secret  commendations  to  them,  and 

they  shall  serve  me  vrith  very  secret  intelligence  to  send  over;  they 

think  me  a  meet  man  for  such  a  purpose,  as  also  to  receive  such 

letters  as  they  shall  send  to  me  in  the  French  packet,  and  to  procure 

their  answers,  for  the  French  are  slow  in  their  ^business ;  neither 

have  they  trusted  the  French  with  their  secret  friends  of  importance. 

This  was  Arundel's  persuasion  to  me.  Paget  is  more  desirous  than 
he  that  I  should  procure  friends  by  my  father's  help  to  go  home,  as 
they  were  all  certified  here,  by  the  letters  which  were  intercepted, 
of  the  cause  of  my  coming  here,  which  was  no  matter  of  im- 
portance ;  so  that  he  makes  no  doubt  but  my  father  and  the  rest 
of  my  friends,  being  Protestants,  can  easily  get  me  liome,  the 
matters  being  no  more  against  me  than  they  are  ;  and  he  persuades 
me  the  longer  I  stay  here  the  worse  it  will  be  for  my  coining  home, 
and  therefore  hastens  me  greatly,  and  says  he  is  sorry  I  should  lose 
my  time  here,  considering  that  1  am  able  to  do  good  service,  and  in 
conscience  bound  to  it.  Oh,  liorrible  traitor,  who  makes  no  con- 
science to  betray  his  own  country !  but  wherein  he  would  use  me, 
if  I  should  go  home,  I  know  not.  I  have  deferred  for  two  or  three 
months,  promising  to  cause  my  father  to  be  dealt  with  for  my 
coming  home  in  safety,  wherefore  I  leave  it  to  your  consideration. 
Don  Beriiardino  wants  to  pass  letters  into  England,  and  I  have  been 
asked  whether  I  would  receive  and  deliver  his  packets  in  England 
at  my  return ;  I  answered  I  would  reply  when  I  returned,  the 
matter  being  dangerous. 

Cornelius  the  post  had  not  my  note  for  the  money  to  bring  over 
the  books  of  maps ;  what  other  directions  they  gave  him  I  know 
not. 

Here  are  a  number  of  priests  resolved  to  go  into  England.  I  am 
not  so  confident  upon  the  practices  of  Charles  Arundel  before  men- 
tioned to  be  now  in  hand,  but  that  I  will  be  diligent  in  surveying 
his  doings  and  intentions,  the  rather  as  Don  Bernardino  has  dealt 
so  earnestly  with  him  for  a  journey  into  England,  to  make  some 
party,  as  I  take  it.  Charles  Arundel  will  not  be  known  to  him 
of  the  French  convoy,  but  rather  required  me  to  help  to  convey 
letters  by  the  ordinary  post,  if  he  sends  any,  so  that  if  they  come  to 
my  hands,  you  shall  hear  of  them,  as  they  may  discover  more  than  I 
am  able  to  do.  [5  pages,  all  in  invisible  ink.  Endorsed  by  Phelippes, 
with  an  abstract  of  the  contents.'] 

Dec.  ]  9.         56.  Sir  John  Forster  to  the  Queen.     I  write  you  in  behalf  of  the 

Alnwick  Abbey,  young  Earl  of  Bedford,*  as  it  has  pleased  God  to  take  his  best 

friends  from  him,  Your  Majesty  excepted,  upon  whom  he  is  now  to 

depend.     I  trust  you  will  be  gracious  to  him  ;  the  rather  because  he 


' ^ ■ 

♦Francis  Russell,  second  Bnke  of  Bedford,  died  the  day  after  his  eldest  son,  Lord 
Francis  Russell,  who  was  slain  by  the  Scots,  leaving  a  young  son  Edward,  thus  become 
the  third  Earl. 


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Vol.  XXIX. 


is  an  orphan,  and  his  father  was  slain  in  your  service.  No  doubt  but 
Your  Majesty  lost  a  jewel  of  him,  and  the  poor  inhabitants  of 
Northumberland  had  as  great  a  loss  of  him  as  of  anj'  nobleman 
that  ever  came  among  them ;  and  for  his  time,  the  like  of  his  calling 
is  not  to  be  found  that  shall  be  so  well  thought  of  with  poor  and 
rich  as  he  was,  for  he  was  a  true  subject,  and  of  great  value  for  the 
defence  of  Your  Majesty  and  his  country,  which  being  known  to 
your  enemies  in  Scotland,  was  the  cause  of  the  shortening  of  his 
days.  I  trust  you  will  not  only  be  good  to  his  young  son  during 
his  nonage,  in  all  causes  concerning  his  wardship,  but  also  in  all 
matters  which  in  his  minority  for  his  profit  are  to  be  looked  to, 
that  when  he  shall  come  to  perfect  years,  he  may  receive  his  own, 
and  then  he  shall  be  better  able  to  serve  you.  What  shall  I  say 
more  ?  Nature  moveth  me  to  write  a  gi-eat  deal  larger  than  I  have 
done,  but  I  trust  you  will  be  a  mother  unto  him.     [f  page.'] 

Dec.  23.  57.  Sir  Amias  Paulet  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  send  letters  from 
Chartiey.  gir  T.  Leightou.  My  son  Anthony  says  that  Count  Brisac  prepares 
ships  at  Newhaven.  I  fear  the  French  may  stir  up  new  enemies, 
but  living  here  a  prisoner,  cannot  judge.  Tf  you  find  any  truth  in 
the- report,  pray  desire  Her  Majesty  to  send  needful  supplies  of  men 
and  munition.  The  ordinary  garrison  is  insufiicient  to  defend  the 
castle  in  time  of  danger.  There  should  be  one  or  two  small  vessels 
to  attend  the  isles,  and  bring  advertisements  of  any  necessities. 
[1 1  pages.']     Enclosing, 

57.  I.  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  to  [Anthony  Paulef].  On  Saturday, 
arrived  M.  de  Clermont  de  Amhoys,  escaped  from 
France,  'bringing  advertisements  that  these  islands  will 
soon  he  assailed.  'We  must  provide  against  our  enemies. 
Like  accounts  come  from,  others.  1  will  inform  Her 
Majesty,  and  demand  both  men  and  victuals,  if  we  are 
to  he  assailed  from  France,  and  Spain ;  hut  if  God  be 
with  us,  I  care  not  a  fig  for  our  foes.  Let  no  ship 
pass  from  your  island  to  France,  till  these  gentlemen 
be  embarked.     [1  page,  copy.}        Guernsey,  29  Nov.  1585. 

57.  II.  Sir  Thos.  Leighton  to  Sir  Amias  Paulet.  I  am  told  that 
these  islands  will  he  attempted  and  taken,  unless  great 
regard  he  had  to  them.  It  is  resolved,  both  from  the 
French  and  Spanish  Kings,  vAth  intent  to  make  places 
of  magazine  of  them,  to  annoy  England.  The  Isle  of 
'Wight  is  also  named.  I  have  begged  the  Secretary  and 
Council  to  make  known  the  wants  of  both  islands  to  the 
Queen.  'We  need  300  men  for  each  isle  against  spring.  I 
have  sent  for  200  double  muskets  and  40  targets.  I  have 
entertained  the  Prince  of  Cond4,  with  M.  de  la  Tremo- 
ville,  Clermont  de  Amboys,  and  others,  for  a  fnonth,  but 
now  have  sent  them  into  England.    [1  page.] 

Guernsey,  23  Dec.  1585. 

Dec.  23  ?        58.  Eequests  of  Anthony  Paulet  to  Council,  for  things  needful 
for  the  safety  of  Jersey,  in  these  doubtful  times  ;  viz.,  that  three 


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companies  be  entertained  for  its  defence,  and  the  forts  and  island 
victualled  ;  a  warrant  to  compel  the  inhabitants  to  pay  801.  of  the 
400Z.  which  they  promised  to  give  towards  the  fortifications ;  to 
direct  the  perfecting  of  the  new  fort ;  to  repay  to  the  petitioner  the 
entertainment  of  a  lieutenant  and  12  soldiers  and  gunners,  for  two 
years  past;  to  order  whether  the  inhabitants  may  build  on  the 
waste  ground,  which  they  wiU  do,  if  assured  of  it ;  to  order  a 
supply  of  munition,  according  to  a  note  annexed ;  to  allow  peti- 
tioner sums  due  for  last  summer's  fortification ;  to  compel  the 
inhabitants   to  finish   the  pier,  and  to  contribute  to  the  expense. 

Dec.  23?  59.  Note  of  certain  pieces  of  ordnance  and  munition  formerly 
required  for  Jersey  by  Sir  Hugh  Paulet,  captain  of  the  island,  and 
abridged  in  the  warrant  granted.     [4  page.'] 

Dec.  23  ?  60.  "  The  efiect  of  the  licence  for  Jersey;"  where  are  100  persons, 
being  a  note  of  victuals  requested  to  be  exported  for  Montorgueil 
castle,  and  for  the  island  of  Jersey,     [f  page.] 

Dec.  26.  61.  Advertisements  out  of  Spain,  by  Jennings  of  Portsmouth. 
There  are  80,000  men,  250  ships,  and  80  galleys  preparing  in  Spain 
against  the  end  of  February ;  12,000  soldiers  are  Tudescos,  10,000 
Italians,  and  the  rest  Spanish,  and  are  bound  for  England ; 
10,000  Almains  are  coming  down  into  Normandy,  to  the  Duke  of 
Guise.     I  heard  of  this  both  at  Dieppe  and  Eouen.     [|  page,] 

Dec.  28.  62.  Thomas  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  last  letters  from 
Paris.  Rome  certify  that  the  new  excommunication  against  England  is 
granted,  and  will  shortly  be  sent  there,  to  be  fixed  upon  the  Court 
gates  and  upon  Paul's  ;  but  who  shall  be  the  doer  of  it  I  cannot 
yet  learn.  Some  say  it  went  a  week  since,  by  Gilbert  Giffbrd,  or 
some  of  the  priests  that  went  in  about  that  time,  but  I  think  it  is 
impossible,  for  Dr.  Allen  was  then  newly  arrived  in  Rome,  and  had 
not  had  audience.  I  know  that  Thomas  Fitzherbert  made  Gifibrd 
acquainted  with  the  French  conveyance  for  letters,  and  that  he  also 
had  conference  with  Gratley,  to  confer  with  Henry  Donne,  but  to 
what  end  I  know  not ;  neither  was  I  privy  to  his  going  into 
England,  until  he  was  gone. 

While  Dr.  Gifibrd  was  here  two  months,  Gratley  went  with  him 
toRheims,  and  gave  him  his  directions  for  England.  He  is  no 
priest,  but  has  lately  been  made  a  deacon.  There  is  news  here  of 
his  apprehension  on  the  coast,  which  causes  great  sorrow,  and  they 
are  the  more  willing  that  I  should  venture  home,  by  reason  of  his 
apprehension.     The  true  reasons  I  know  not. 

Charles  Arundel  is  here,  and  has  brought  both  his  two  men, 
horse,  and  all  his  apparel,  and  has  no  mind  to  return  shortly 
to  the  Duke,  being  malcontent  that  of  all  his  pay,  he  has  only 
received  300  crowns.  Since  his  coming,  he  has  conferred  with  Cap- 
tains Gaye  and  Francesco,  for  2,000  men  to  prosecute  his  roving 
attempt  into  England,  and  they  have  promised  him  that  more  or 
less  shall  be  ready  when  he  demands  them.     I  am   persuaded  it 


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Vol.  XXIX. 

will  not  be  long  before  he  sets  forward,  if  he  gets  the  rest  of  his 
money  out  of  the  Scottish  Queen's  officers  here.  He  brought  earnest 
letters  from  the  Duke  of  Guise  to  them  in  his  favour  ;  I  think  he 
will  set  out  about  St.  Malo.  There  is  some  unkindness  lately- 
fallen  out  between  Westmoreland  and  him,  as  he  is  more  effected  to 
Paget  in  his  late  quarrel,  so  that  the  two  will  not  join  in  the  practice. 
Westmoreland  is  not  yet  gone  to  the  Duke  de  Mayenne,  nor  will 
do  so,  as  he  says,  unless  he  gives  him  a  charge  of  men  ;  but  I  do 
not  see  how  he  can  provide  horses  and  armour  for  himself  and  his 
men. 

Since  the  coming  here  of  Lewis  de  Pace,  the  Spaniard,  who  has 
often  conferred  with  the  Spanish  ambassador,  I  have  heard  no  more 
of  the  conveyance  of  his  packet  of  letters  to  England ;  so  I  think  he 
[the  Ambassador]  has  either  satisfied  him,  or  conveyed  his  letters 
for  him,  or  both.  Tell  me  whether  I  shall  deal  with  him,  if  required, 
at  my  coming  away  from  hence. 

To-day  the  quarrels  between  the  two  Charleses  here  are  in  hear- 
ing, by  Glasgow,  Hamilton,  and  Westmoreland.  There  is  great 
desire  that  Lord  Claude  Hamilton  may  return  home,  to  make  some 
new  party  in  England,  which  they  hope  he  will  be  able  to  do,  by 
help  of  his  brother,  Lord  Huntley,  and  others.  The  Bishop  of 
Glasgow  has  made  him  a  man  meet  for  the  purpose,  having  made 
him  a  perfect  papist,  though  he  yet  uses  his  religion  secretly.  Since 
the  banished  lords  returned  home,  the  papists  here  have  been  very 
melancholy,  the  rather  as  they  do  not  hear  from  the  Jesuits  there ; 
but  they  hope  that  Secretary  Pinnart's  son,  who  is  gone  into  Scot- 
land, will  bring  them  better  news.  The  Scotch  Jesuits  have  their 
letters  conveyed  from  Scotland  into  England,  to  one  Boast,  a  priest 
in  the  North  parts,  who  sends  them  hither  hy  some  that  come  from 
Newcastle  to  Dieppe. 

All  the  papists  hope  that,  if  the  marriage  proceeds  between  Duke 
d'  Espernon  and  Madame  Montpensier,  the  Duke  will  so  deal  with 
the  King  that  he  will  not  only  permit,  but  aid  the  Duke  of  Guise 
in  an  attempt  against  England  or  Scotland,  and  join  effectually 
with  the  King  of  Spain,  in  any  attempt  against  it.  Espernon  pro- 
mised as  much  to  the  Duke  of  Guise,  at  his  last  being  at  Chalons  a 
month  since,  as  Charles  Arundel  reports ;  but  all  the  papists  here 
were  persuaded  before  that  both  the  King  and  his  mother  were 
willing  to  wink  at,  and  further  in  secret  any  attempt  against 
England.  It  is  said  that  the  King  and  his  mother  have  agreed  to 
try  to  bring  in  the  Council  of  Trent  to  be  received  in  France, 
and  that  it  shall  shortly  be  conferred  upon,  both  by  Council  and 
clergy. 

The  reason  why  I  do  not  follow  the  note  for  the  names  which  I 
sent  you  is,  that  I  did  not  keep  a  copy,  and  as'  my  abode  here  is 
likely  to  be  but  short,  I  do  not  think  it  material,  as  the  papists 
want  me  to  procure  safe  means  to  go  home,  that  they  may  employ 
me  there  ;  tliis  I  have  written  more  at  large  to  my  friend.  If  he 
concurs,  I  would  return  under  your  warrant;  meantime  I  will 
labour  to  know  what  affairs  they  will  employ  me  in.     I  am  per- 

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suaded  that  the  papists  here  have  no  safe  means  to  convey  any  man 
into  England,  which  makes  them  the  more  willing  to  get  men  in, 
by  my  own  industry  and  the  help  of  my  friends,  and  they  wish  me 
safe  in  London ;  but  I  know  not  whether  their  business  will  be 
worth  the  accepting.  [5  pages,  endorsed  by  Phelippes,  with  a  brief 
abstract  of  contents.l 

Dec.  ?  63.  Petition  of  Hugh  Offley,  alderman,  and  22  other  merchants 

of  London  trading  to  Eouen,  to  Lord  Treasurer  Burghley.  By 
virtue  of  your  letter  to  the  officers  of  the  Custom-house  in  London, 
no  entry  may  be  taken  of  any  of  us,  or  other  Her  Majesty's  subjects 
trading  for  those  parts,  whereby  we  and  they  are  not  only  stayed 
from  shipping  such  goods  as  we  have  bought  upon  credit,  and  which 
now  lie  upon  our  hands,  and  ought  to  be  spent  this  winter,  but  we 
are  also  kept  from  our  lawful  trade,  whereby  we  maintain  ourselves, 
our  families,  and  credit,  and  many  of  us  have  no  other  trade 
whereby  to  live  or  pay  the  clothiers.  This  is  not  only  to  our 
utter  undoing,  but  if  gives  great  advantage  to  the  Italians  and 
other  strangers  to  take  the  trade  from  us.  If  they  once  obtain  it, 
being  men  of  great  wealth,  and  many  of  us  but  poor,  we  shall  never 
be  able  to  recover  it.  Pray  be  a  means  to  Her  Majesty  that  we 
may  have  liberty  to  trade  as  before,  and  meantime  send  a  letter  to 
the  officers  of  Customs  for  three  or  four  ships,  to  ship  away  the 
goods  lying  on  our  hands,  and  to  transport  from  the  free  fciir,  now 
to  be  kept  at  Rouen,  the  goods  we  have  ordered  in  return  for  our 
merchandise,  which,  for  want  of  shipping,  is  like  to  remain  there. 
[1  page.] 

[Dec]  64.  Estimate,  signed  by  Sec.  Walsingham,  of  the  charge  by  day, 

month,  and  year,  of  Her  Majesty's  forces  to  be  employed  in  the  Low 
Countries ;  5,000  footmen,  200  horsemen,  800  lancers,  and  1,400  in 
garrison  at  Flushing  and  Brill,  with  officers;  total  annual  sum, 
125,856?.  8s.     [1  sheet,  noted  by  Burghley.] 

Dec.  65.  Copy  of  the  above.     \_l  sheef] 

Dec?  66.  Similar  estimate ;  total,  126,006Z.  14s.  8cZ.     [^  page,  endorsed 

by  Burghley.] 

Dec.  ?  67.  List  of  19  captains  placed  in  charge,  with  the  number  of  men 

under  each,  17  not  placed,  and  10  who  have  already  gone  over  [to 
the  Low  Countries].     [1^  pages.] 


1585? 


68.  Petition  of  John  Taylor,  late  of  Enfield,  gent.,  to  the  Queen, 
for  a  licence  to  export  400  tons  of  beer  annually,  for  12  years,  free 
of  custom.  Has  served  her  before  and  since  she  came  to  the 
Crown,  and  likewise  her  father,  Henry  VIIL,  beyond  the  seas 
and  in  the  wars,  and  received  no  recompence,  beyond  30  loads  of 
wood  from  Enfield  chase,  value  20s.  Had  the  receivership  of 
certain  shires  belonging  to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  becoming 
indebted  in  1,200Z.,  by  reason  of  ill  creditors,  many  children,  and 
great  sickness,  sold  the  greater  part  of  the  living  left  him  to  satisfy 
the  debt;  notwithstanding   this,  lost   his  office,  and  without  any 


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1685?  Vol.  XXIX. 

consideration,  and  not  having  charged  Her  Majesty  for  fees,  wages, 
or  pension  this  four  years,  has  fallen  into  such  extreme  poverty 
that,  without  her  clemency,  his  wife  and  children  will  be  utterly 
ruined.     [§  page.] 

69.  Petition  of  Sir  William  Catesby  to  Lord  Treasurer  Burghley. 
I  became  bound  in  1,500Z.  for  my  kinsman  Fras.  Dimock,  to  pay  to 
Hugh  Hare,  of  the  Temple,  1,500L  for  the  wardship  and  marriage 

of  Margery,  one  of  the   daughters   and  heirs  of  Wilkes,  of 

HadnelJ,  co.  Warwick.  I  have  had  to  pay  part  of  the  money,  and  for 
the  rest  am  bound  in  10,000^.,  and  have  no  means  but  by  extending 
the  lands  which  Dimock  has  in  right  of  his  wife,  but  for  which  he 
lias  not  yet  sued  out  livery,  meaning  to  leave  me  thus  charged.  I 
beg  a  lease  of  the  lands  whilst  in  Her  Majesty's  hands,  that  I  may 
force  him  to  sue  for  livery,  or  relieve  myself  With  order  by  Rich. 
Kingsmill,  that  the  petition  be  sent  to  Dimock  for  his  answer. 
[2  sheets.'] 

Grant  to  G.  B.  [George  Bowes?],  of  the  office  of  Marshal  of 
Berwick,  in  the  same  manner  and  form  as  T.  M.,  Esq.,  Sir  F.  W., 
Sir  T.  G.,  or  T.  G,  gent.,  held  the  same.  [Latin,  Warrant  Book  I. 
p.  150.] 

70.  Sir  Chris.  Hatton  to  Thos.  Seckford  and  Dr.  Dale,  Masters  of 
Requests.  The  Queen  commissioned  the  Bishop  of  London,  Lord 
Chief  Justice,  Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  Justice  Southcote,  whenever 
I  should  require  them,  to  examine  what  expenses  I  bestowed  about 
my  house  and  buildings  at  Ely  Place,  and  to  certify  the  same  in 
a  tripartite  indenture,  one  part  to  be  enrolled  in  the  Court  of 
Requests,  one  delivered  to  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  and  the  third  to 
myself  This  they  have  done,  and  I  send  you  the  certificates 
relating  thereto,  and  beg  that  they  may  be  enrolled.     [1  page.] 

71.  [Wm.]  Pistor  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  As  my  suit  was  at  first  to 
you  that,-  whatever  you  should  hear  of  me,  you  would  suspend  judg- 
ment until  you  heard  my  answer,  so  I  now  beseech  you  to  consider 
my  proceedings  in  Her  Majesty's  service,  under  my  Lord,  as  they 
deserve. 

First,  for  my  seeking  reformation  of  the  intolerable  shipping  and 
transporting  of  iron  ordnance,  I  dare  affirm  the  like  travail  was 
never  used  by  any  before,  nor  grew  to  like  effect,  and  would  much 
more  so  had  it  not  been  so  crossed.  In  former  years,  600  or  700 
tons  has  been  commonly  cast  and  sold,  and  no  small  number  con- 
veyed into  foreign  countries  ;  since  August  last,  which  is  all  the 
time  I  have  dealt  in  it,  there  has  not  been  transported,  besides 
Joachim  Ortell's  licence,  60  tons,  and  that  very  craftily ;  yet  I  was 
the  first  that  discovered  it.  There  has  not  been  in  all  that  time  as 
much  more  sold  to  all  the  English  merchants  and  Low  Countrymen 
for  their  ships,  by  reason  of  the  bonds  I  have  taken  of  them, 
whereas  in  former  years  there  has  been  sold  300  or  400  tons  in 
less  time,  and  without  any  bonds. 

In  five  or  six  years  before  my  time,  the  Council's  orders  lay 


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unexecuted,  and  every  man  did  as  he  liked  ;  and  they  that  now  be 
well  allowed,  and  are  greatly  grieved  with  me,  gained  very  much, 
and  had  no  blame ;  and  I  that  have  gained  nothing,  but  sought  for 
honest  credit,  and  to  discharge  my  duty,  have  not  only  lost  my 
thanks,  but  am  suspected  worthy  of  blame.  All  my  honest  endea- 
vours and  true  informations  are  trodden  under  foot,  and  the  surmises 
of  known  bad  people  are  well  esteemed. 

As  it  is  in  this  action,  so  will  it  be  with  the  rest  of  my  service  in 
that  place,  except  Sir  Philip  Sydney  prevent  it,  which  I  hope  by  his 
Lordship's  and  your  means,  he  wUl  do. 

During  the  time  my  Lord  has  used  my  service  in  that  place,  I 
have  given  my  mind  wholly  to  it,  and  have  got  such  understanding 
as  has  enabled  me  to  do  profitable  service,  but  it  is  now  likely  to  be 
obstructed,  and  utterly  rejected  and  buried.  [IJ  pages.  See  Bom. 
Miz.,  Vol.  CXXX.,  No.  31.] 

72.  Statement  addressed  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  of  the  entire  case  in 
dispute  between  Andrew  Harris  and  John  Bailey,  with  request  of 
Harris  to  Council  that  they  would  summon  before  them  John  Bailey 
and  Nich.  Hill,  to  answer  for  telling  them  untruths,  and  troubling 
Harris  without  cause.     [3  pagesi] 

73.  Reasons  moving  the  Archbishop  of  York  to  found  a  grammar 
school  at  Hawkshead,  co.  Lancaster.  1.  It  is  a  large  parish  within 
30  miles  of  the  frontier  of  Scotland  ;  has  a  number  of  poor,  raw  in 
religion,  and  rude  in  education.  2.  It  is  his  native  place,  and  has 
no  school  within  20  miles.  3.  The  parsonage  impropriate  allows 
under  IQl.  yearly  towards  finding  the  cure.  4.  He  has  for  many 
years  past  kept  or  placed  a  preacher  there,  with  IQl.  a  yfear,  to 
preach  and  catechise  the  children  in  grammar.  5.  A  number  of 
children  are  there  already,  who  would  be  turned  out  if  he  altered 
his  purpose.     [^  page^ 

74-84.  Collection  of  Latin  poems  on  Ecclesiasticus,  chap.  XLi.  v.  1. 
(Apocalypse)  :  "  0  mors,  quam,  acerba  est  tui  memoria  homiwi 
utenti  pacem,  in  facultatibus  suis,"  from  scholars  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  Lady  Margaret's  Foundation  ;  all  hexameters  and 
pentameters,  varying  in  length  from  8  to  18  lines.  The  writers 
are,  —  James  Archer,  Wm.  Baillie  of  Shropshire,  John  Comer  of 
Durham,  Lionel  Ducket,  Wm.  Harris,  Rob.  Mills  of  Lincoln,  Rodolph 
Smith,  Wm.  Mottershead  of  Northampton,  Thos.  Nash  of  Sufi'olk, 
Wm.  Orwell,  and  Thos.  Wilson  of  Norfolk. 
1586. 
Jan.  12.  85.  Thos.  Rogers  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  On  Tuesday  Chas.  Arundel 
leaves  this  town,  to  join  the  Duke  of  Guise  at  Chalons,  unless  the 
Duke  comes  here,  and  then  he  will  go  to  Brittany.  He  told  me  he 
was  going  an  important  journey  to  Spain,  and  could  not  tell,  till 
he  had  talked  with  the  Duke  of  Guise,  whether  he  should  go  round 
by  Italy  or  Lorraine.  He  tells  all  his  practises  to  Thos.  Fitzherbert, 
and  confers  with  him  that  was  in  England  on  Monsieur's  business, 
and  he  gives  him  money.  Capt.  Gaye  has  promised  to  help  him  with 
1,000  or  1,500  men  in  Brittany.     Paget  and  Arundel  are  not  yet 


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made  friends.  Westmoreland  is  ill  of  an  ague,  and  thinks  he  shall 
never  make  them  friends,  for  the  Duke  of  Guise  heard  that  a 
gentleman  was  lately  sent  from  England  to .  murder  him,  and  was 
countenanced  by  Arundel,  who  thinks  Paget  raised  this  report,  and 
threatens  to  kill  him,  if  he  can  prove  it. 

Lord  Claude  Hamilton  returns  to  Scotland,  the  King  having 
written  to  him  that  he  wants  to  ruin  the  Earls  of  Angus  and  Mar. 
They  want  him  there  to  make  a  new  faction  at  his  return,  and  have 
made  him  a  perfect  papist ;  he  dislikes  Angus. 

Durens,  the  Jesuit,  has  written  from  Scotland  that  the  King  is 
safer  than  before,  and  that  they  have  better  means  to  send  to  him ; 
and  that  Angus  and  his  company  are  not  likely  long  to  enjoy  their 
abode  in  Scotland,  for  Huntley,  Hamilton,  Maxwell,  Lenox,  &e.  will 
work  their  destruction. 

It  is  said  that  the  Kings  of  Spain  and  France,  with  the  Pope, 
Duke  of  Savoy,  and  Venetians,  leagued  to  invade  England,  but  de- 
ferred four  months,  on  account  of  the  state  of  Scotland.  That  the 
Duke  of  Savoy  would  come  down  to  the  Low  Countries,  with  1 0,000 
foot  and  2,000  horse,  as  if  to  aid  the  Prince  of  Parma,  and  then 
sail  for  England,  in  ships  brought  from  Spain  or  that  are  making  at 
Antwerp,  of  which  eight  have  arrived.  The  Pope  will  pay  4,000 
Italians,  and  the  King  of  Spain  4,000  old  Flanders  soldiers.  West- 
moreland hopes  to  be  employed  in  that  company,  and  is  therefore 
loth  to  go  to  the  Due  de  Mayenne.  They  hope  the  more  in  invading 
England,  because  my  Lord  of  Leicester  is  busied  in  Holland,  with 
the  best  English  soldiers. 

Dr.  Allen  has  missed  his  cardinalship,  and  is  told  that  no  pensions 
will  be  granted,  and  the  3,000  crowns  that  Pope  Gregory  gave  to 
the  English  seminary  at  Rome  are  taken  away ;  so  that  this  cold 
weather  many  of  the  priests  are  preparing  to  go  for  England. 
Morgan  and  Paget  have  sent  Jonas  Meredith,  at  the  Queen  of 
Scots'  expense,  to  Rome,  to  salve  their  credit,  impaired  by  Arundel 
and  his  party.  He  sent  articles  to  get  Meredith  into  the  Inquisition. 
Cornwallis  is  come.  The  book  of  maps,  which  Mrs.  Tempest, 
in  London,  gave  him  10  crowns  to  buy,  will  be  brought  by  a 
Frenchman.  There  is  joy  that  Gilbert  Gifford  escaped  your  hands 
so  easily.  He  writes  that  England  fears  to  be  invaded.  Edmonds 
the  Jesuit  writes  from  London  that  they  hope  calmer  days  in 
England. 

p.S. Kemp  the  priest  and  four  others,  going  from  Rheims  to 

England,  say,  that  Dr.  Allen  has  written  to  Bayle  to  send  most  of 
the  seminaries  to  England,  because  of  the  Pope's  hard  dealing,  and 
the  house  being  indebted"  2,500  crowns.  [3  fages,  endorsed  ivith 
notes  of  the  contents  by  Thos.  PheUppes.] 

Jan.  18.         86.  Sir  John  Forster  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     Some  of  my  Lord  of 

AInmck.      Durham's  men  and  others  go  about  to  prevent  me  of  the  parsonage 

of  By  well,  belonging  to  the  house  of  Durham  which  I  have  possessed 

16  or  18  years,  and  have  a  lease  of  for  divers  years.    It  lies  in  By  well 

lordship,  whereof  I   have   the   rule.     Pray   write  to   the  Dean   of 


168 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


J  586. 


Jan.  22. 
Dunkirk. 


Jan.  24. 
Alnwick. 


Feb.  9. 
Newark. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Durham  that  I  may  have  my  lease  renewed,  paying  as  much  as 
any  other,  except  the  house  of  Durham  keep  it  in  their  own  occu- 
pation for  their  benefit,  which  I  do  not  think  they  mean  to  do.  I 
should  be  loath  to  be  prevented  by  any  others,  having  been  tenant 
so  long. 

P.S. — I  enclose  news  out  of  Scotland.     [1  page.} 

87.  Stephen  Lesieur  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  bearer,  Nich. 
Tracy,  is  one  of  the  four  gentlemen  that  have  been  prisoners  be- 
fore me,  and  having  asked  for  my  letter  to  you,  I  could  not  refuse, 
considering  his  honest  mind,  and  desire  to  be  beholden  to  you 
above  all  others.  His  experience  in  martial  afiairs  is  not  little  ;  he 
followed  that  profession  in  Ireland  some  years,  and  still  intending 
to  do  so,  he  came  over,  when  both  he,  his  brother,  and  the  other 
two  were  taken.  If  you  employ  him,  I  doubt  not  but  he  will 
discharge  his  duty.  He  can  tell  you  many  things  known  to  him 
since  his  imprisonment.     [I  page.'] 

88.  Sir  John  Forster  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.  Nicholas  Eydlie 
of  Willimonswick,  who  was  appointed  sheriff  for  NorthuDiber- 
land,  died  on  the  16th  inst.  It  seems,  by  the  examination  of  two 
men  and  a  woman,  all  lewd  persons,  and  by  things  found  with 
him  after  his  death,  that  there  was  some  witchcraft  and  other 
devilish  practices,  and  certain  stuff  was  bought  at  York,  from 
whence  they  came  in  Mr.  Vause's  company.  I  have  sent  the 
prisoners  to  the  gaol  at  Newcastle,  until  the  facts  are  known.  I 
advertise  you  that  another  sheriff  may  be  appointed,  and  have  also 


informed  the  Lord  Treasurer. 


[f  page.] 


89.  Cuthbert  Collingwood  to  Hen.  Anderson,  the  Rose,  Holborn. 
If  Mr.  Fenwick  and  Nicholas  Forster  are  in  London,  I  am  sorry 
that  I  came  away,  as  they  will  inform  my  Lord  Chamberlain  and 
Mr.  Secretary  that  our  march  is  and  has  been  quiet ;  lest  it  should 
so  fall  out,  I  write  a  few  notes  of  disorders  done  and  suffered  by 
our  Warden,  that  you  may  give  them  to  Mr.  Secretary  if  you 
think  fit. 

I  am  little  sorrowful  for  losing  the  Earl  of  Northumberland,  who 
so  little  esteemed  my  30  years'  service,  and  preferred  one  of  no 
desert  and  of  a  month's  standing  before  me.  I  will  never  serve 
under  that  subject  that  accounts  so  small  of  me  as  he  has  done.  He 
shall  know  that  I  am  able  to  live  in  my  country  without  him. 
Remember  both  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  and  Mr.  Secretary  of  the 
warrant  the  latter  promised  me,  which  if  I  may  obtain,  I  will  serve 
Her  Majesty  as  long  as  I  live,  and  them  both  under  her,  and  none 
else.     [1  page.]    Enclosing, 


89.  I. 


Account  of  horrible  Tnurders,  burnings,  and  open  spoils 
done  of  late,  as  if  it  had  been  in  open  wars,  to  Her 
Majesty's  subjects  and  tenants  of  Riddesdale,  belonging 
to  Harbottle  Castle,  by  the  Elwoods  of  -Liddesdale  and 
their  friends,  and  not  redressed. 


DOMESTIC- 


-ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


169 


1586. 


Feb.  9. 
Hamburg. 


Feb.  15. 

Carlisle. 


March  4. 


March  22. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Martin  Elwood  and  Robin  Elwood,  his  nephew,  with 
400  men,  burnt  down  the  principal  town  of  Riddesdale, 
in  Sept.  1584,  drove  away  200  beasts,  took  200  prisoners, 
100  horses,  murdered  or  killed  12  able  men  in  the  pursuit, 
and  ransomed  most  of  those  taken.  The  Elwoods  also,  in 
May  of  the  same  year,  at  Burdup  in  Riddesdale,  took 
away  60  beasts,  and  in  the  pursuit  50  prisoners,  and 
24  horses,  most  of  vjhich  paid  ransom ;  the  same  day 
Nicholas  Forster,  base  son  to  Sir  John  Forster,  sent  his 
servants  through  Riddesdale,  and  took  100  kine  and 
oxen,  and  the  owners  had  no  recovery. 

Sir  John  Forster  has  inade  a  new  league  ivith  all  the 
Elwoods  of  Liddesdale,  for  himself  and  friends,  and 
there  is  no  redress  for  any  offences  done  by  them  to  any 
of  Her  Majesty's  tenants  and  subjects  under  his  rule  ; 
if  any  Englishman  seeks  revenge,  he  will  force  him,  to 
make  restitution  to  the  Scots,  that  his  own  m,ay  live 
in  safety,  as  he  delivered  Fernihurst  and  the  Elwoods' 
stocks,  &c.     [1  page.'] 

90.  Henry  Kirkraan  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Your  goodness  towards 
me  I  have  found,  even  so  far  as  the  reservation  of  my  life,  and 
enlargement  out  of  a  most  horrible  and  fast  prison,  as  also  by  that 
means  put  from  my  living,  and  loss  of  a  most  gracious  King  and 
noblemen,  amongst  which  that  noble  Bray  has  dealt  so  honourably 
with  me,  that  he  has  said  that  if  I  could  possibly  gain  Her  Majesty's 
favour,  His  Majesty  might  be  well  dealt  witb,  as  heretofore  he  was 
not  evilly  disposed  towards  me ;  to  accomplish  this,  I  mean  to  direct 
myself  under  the  Earl  of  Leicester  to  gain  credit,  and  hope  by  your 
means  to  obtain  Her  Majesty's  favour.     [1  'page.'] 

91.  Henry  Lord  Scrope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  commendable 
service  of  the  bearer,  Capt.  Pickeman,  is  well  known  to  you;  yet 
being  my  friend,  and  about  to  repair  to  Court,  to  exliibit  his  suit  to 
Her  Majesty  for  renewal  of  a  lease,  I  commend  him  and  his  suit  to 
your  furtherance.     [J  page.] 

92.  Memorandum  [by  Lord  Burghley]  of  sums  paid  to  John 
Norris  and  Richard  Hurlestone  for  coat  and  conduct  money,  muni- 
tion, wages,  and  for  transportation  of  troops  into  the  Low  Countries, 
as-  also  of  other  payments,  and  losses  by  exchange  in  taking  money 
up  at  Middleburg.  With  note  that  on  account  of  such  payments 
and  losses,  and  no  imprest  having  been  made  since  12  Dec,  there 
is  only  money  to  pay  some  in  January,  and  not  a  penny  for  any 
one  in  February,  and  that  the  monthly  pay  has  been  set  down  at 
9,679?.,  so  that  at  the  beginning  of  March  there  will  be  upwards  of 
20,000i.  required  for  those  two  months,  and  10,000?.  for  March  ; 
total,  30,000?.     [3  pages.] 

93.  Peter  Desmaistres  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  According  to  your 
letter  of  credence,  I  have  acquiesced  in  all  the  demands  of  M.  Andros, 


170 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1586. 


March  24 

Carlisle. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

preferring  your  favour  to  my  own  profit.  Mr.  Williams  and  I,  at 
Andros'  request,  have  yielded  the  letters  patent  to  Alexander  King 
and  to  Wm.  Andros,  who  promise  me  on  your  part  the  benefit  of 
madder  and  of  oil.     Please  to  sign  this  note.     [^  pcuge.'] 

94.  Henry  Lord  Serope  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Pilkinton,  a  mer- 
chant of  London,  is  indebted  to  Edmund,  son  of  Robert  Sands,  a 
gentleman  of  this  country'in  120^.,  and  delays  payment,  to  the  great 
loss  of  Edmund,  who  has  only  lately  been  freed  of  his  apprentice- 
ship, and  gone  into  business  as  a  merchant  on  his  own  account. 
Pray  be  a  means  that  Pilkinton  may  not  obtain  any  further  delay. 
[I  page.] 

March  27.  95.  Solomon  Aldred  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  was  prevented  from 
April  6.  writing  through  the  sudden  departure  of  John  Toper,  yet  I  must 
Kouen.  signify  what  has  passed  between  Mr.  Gratley  and  me.  I  supped  with 
him  this  evening,  when  he  delivered  me  those  things  in  writing 
which  were  concluded  of  the  day  before,  as  also  his  letters  to 
Dr.  Gifford,  and  another  to  my  Lord  Ambassador,  and  I  find  that 
he  is  of  a  mind  to  do  such  a  piece  of  service  as  shall  satisfy  Her 
Majesty  and  you. 

Dr.  Allen  is  coming  from  Rome  malcontent,  as  he  can  get  nothing. 
Father  Parsons,  like  a  wily  fox,  seeing  the  world  is  turned  reverse 
on  his  side,  has  put  himself  into  St.  Andrea  at  Monte  Cavallo,  into 
their  spiritual  exercises,  as  they  term  it,  being  a  house  where  their 
young  novices  are  brought  up,  and  those  that  are  in  probation.  His 
confederates  laboured  earnestly  to  Dr.  AUen  to  labour  his  coming 
out,  and  to  affirm  to  the  Pope  that  he  is  a  member,  to  the  great 
advancement  of  the  Catholic  faith.  Mr.  Gratley  means  before  he  is 
discovered  to  go  to  Rheims,  and  feel  Dr.  Allen  thoroughly  of  all 
matters,  and  to  set  a  faction  between  Parsons  and  him,  but  he  is 
very  careful  lest  his  letters  to  you  should  be  seen  by  your  servants, 
through  your  leaving  them  open  in  your  chamber,  after  having  read 
them  ;  I  have  satisfied  him  for  that  matter. 

I  am  marvellously  disappointed  by  John  Toper's  coming  over,  as 
I  am  assured  he  is  of  trust.  T  thought  to  have  employed  him  to  go 
to  Rheims,  and  to  have  found  means  to  deliver  Gratley's  and  my 
letters,  but  now  I  must  stay  his  coming  back,  for  if  I  should  go 
myself,  it  would  raise  great  suspicion,  and  I  dare  trust  no  man  else 
but  Toper,  and  they  have  placed  great  confidence  in  me.  Pray 
despatch  Toper  away  with  diligence  Richard  Lister,  old  Lister's 
son  who  was  a  prisoner  in  Rome,  is  coming  over.  He  has  brought 
me  commendations  from  all  my  friends.     [1  page.] 

March  ?  96.  Note  of  two  rates  of  daily  pay  of  160  men  with  officers,  in 
the  Low  Countries,  viz.,  191 Z.  5s.,  if  15  dead,  pays  are  added  to  the 
150,  being  211.  5s.  more  than  is  now  paid ;  if  they  are  deducted, 
reducing  the  men  to  135,  176?.  5s.,  61.  5s.  more  than  now  paid,  with 
15  men  less  in  each  company.      [|  page.] 


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171 


1586. 
March  ? 


April  44. 

Marseilles. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

97.  Note  of  the  principal  matters  upon  'which  Her  Majesty  is 
requested  to  give  new  instructions  to  the  Lord  President  and 
Council  of  Wales.  Her  last  instructions  were  signed  and  delivered 
to  Sir  Wm.  Gerard,  but  only  a  copy  was  brought  to  the  Council, 
which  is  their  only  warrant : — 

That  she  may  be  better  served  by  those  to  whom  she  gives 
yearly  fees,  either  by  themselves  or  their  deputies. 

That  great  riots  or  other  evils  may  be  punished,  and  the 
offenders  sent  for  to  answer,  although  the  offence  may  not  be 
complained  of 

That  such  as  willingly  break  the  orders  of  the  Council,  and 
depart  into  other  parts  of  the  realm,  may  be  compelled  to  appear 
before  it ;  and  if  they  shall  keep  any  house  in  Wales  or  the 
Marches  for  their  safety,  and  their  contempt  and  offence  be  great, 
the  sheriff  and  serjeant-at-arms  of  the  Council  may  have  power 
to  enter  and  apprehend  them. 

That  the  old  instructions  prohibiting  the  bearing  of  long 
weapons  in  fairs,  sessions,  or  markets,  &c.  in  Wales,  may  also 
extend  to  the  Marches. 

That  the  article  of  the  instructions  giving  power  to  punish  the 
reporters  of  seditious  tales  may  extend  to  such  as  publish  books, 
letters,  or  libels. 

That  the  fee  of  a  minister',  being  a  preacher  and  resident,  may 
be  increased  10^.  a  year. 

That  the  loose  liberty  of  every  inferior  clerk  there,  to  serve  and 
surcease  at  pleasure  the  greatest  causes,  may  be  reformed,  and  her 
attorney  made  party  thereto. 

That  the  records  touching  treason  or  felony  may  be  kept  in  a 
certain  place  by  the  solicitor. 

That  the  officers  there  may  have  their  wages  out  of  the  fines. 
[I  pagfe,  noted  by  Burghley.] 

98.  John  Nicholson  to  Thos.  Gorges.  I  wrote  you  from  Paris, 
and  left  the  letter  with  Mr.  Ellis,  a  Kentish  gentleman,  as  I  could 
not  find  any  trusty  messenger  to  deliver  it  to  Thomas  Bikner,  of 
Eouen.  I  have  been  driven  by  contrary  weather  into  Corsica  and 
Sardinia,  and  have  now  arrived  in  this  city,  where  I  only  stay 
for  the  wind,  and  trust  to  God  shortly  to  return,  when  you  shall 
hear  from  me  more  at  large.     [^  pnge.] 


April  20. 
Dieppe. 


99.  John  Done  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  arrived  here  the  4th  day 
after  leaving  the  Court,  but  was  informed  that  the  fly  boat  I  had  in 
charge  went  to  Bordeaux  the  beginning  of  the  month,  to  fetch  wine. 
A  Scotch  ship  also  departed  hence  on  the  11th,  with  20  passengers, 
amongst  there  which  were  divers  French  gentlemen,  with  much  court 
furniture,  who  were  conducted  on  board  by  some  of  the  chief  of  this 
place  ;  but  the  wind  not  having  been  good  for  them,  it  is  thought 
they  are  yet  on  our  coast.  There  are  two  Scotch  barks  here,  which 
came  laden  with  wool  and  felts ;  also  some  men  of  this  place  who 
came  from  the  coast  of  Peru,  in  ships  of  Newhaven  and  Honfleur, 


172  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

,.Q„  Vol.  XXIX. 

1o8d. 

and  were  with  Sir  Fras.  Drake  in  Domingo.     They  commend  his 

liberality  to  them,  and  say  that  he  prospers  in  all  his  enterprises. 

There  are  also  four  barks  here,  well  appointed  and  ready  for  sea. 

Capt.  Gerouette  was  greatly  entertained  by  the  Governor  when  he 

came  to  the   castle,  and  had  long  conference  with  him.     I  shall 

remain  here  until  your  further  pleasure  is  known.     [1  page."] 

April  20.  100.  John  Foxley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  You  say  that  Her  Majesty 
liked  of  my  affectionate  disposition,  and  has  advised  that  I  should 
remain  here,  for  avoiding  suspicion,  and  that  the  other  party  should 
repair  with  warrant,  who  notwithstanding,  for  just  reasons,  has 
resolved  to  defer  access  for  a  time. 

Mr.  Colerdin's  letters  and  Mr.  Aldred  inform  me  of  the  clemency 
which  Catholics  have  lately  found,  and  that  Her  Highness  is  inclined 
to  moderation,  and  reunion  of  her  subjects  in  common  amity.  This 
dearest  treasure  of  liberty  forces  discontented  minds  to  excessive 
joy.  The  dangerous  tempest  escaped  makes  the  port  more  ac- 
ceptable. Instead  of  fear,  to  find  friendship ;  to  enjoy  liberty  for 
restraint ;  life  for  death  suspected  is'  the  change  of  fortune  by 
Divine  power  which  in  all  countries  moves  admiration.  Peace 
is  the  pearl  which  honest  hearts  most  esteem,  and  no  man  thirsts 
blood  except  he  be  deborded  to  tigerish  tyranny. 

My  opinion  is  that  this  prudent  relaxation  will  make  men 
oppressed  more  sure  than  any,  and  cut  off  the  colour  which  any 
stranger  has  had  to  disturb  the  State  ;  salving  wounds  already  in- 
flicted, and  preventing  all  occasions  of  the  future.  I  have  laboured 
to  induce  many,  both  English  and  foreigners,  to  conceive  thus  of 
your  happy  Government.  Some  object  to  the  late  ■  executions, 
searchings,  imprisonments,  and  the  Parliament  laws.  My  answer  is 
that  policy  teaches  no  alteration  to  be  in  instanti  whole  and  com- 
plete, but  to  proceed  per  gradus  discretionis ;  some  I  satisfied, 
others  I  left  in  suspense.  Considering  the  opposition  of  religion, 
persuasions,  and  occasions,  I  have  often  marvelled  that  you  were 
not  extremely  cruel ;  now  that  you  stop  the  stream  of  passion  with 
reason,  I  cannot  write  your  deserved  renown,  which  heroical  acts 
have  formed.  I  always  thought  it  meet  for  a  Christian  rather  to 
bear  the  burden  of  misery  which  God  permits  with  patience,  than 
to  turn  and  struggle  for  revenge,  which  Christ  forbids.  This 
benefit  which  you  give  me  of  writing  you  boldly  I  highly  regard. 
Mr.  Aldred  certified  me  how  willing  you  were  to  take  anything  I 
wrote  in  good  part,  and  that  you  liked  me  and  my  doings.  If 
I  could,  I  would  recompense  this  friendly  information  ;  but  I  trust 
you  will  perfect  what  I  wish  for  him.  If  Mr.  Colerdin,  of  whom  I 
think  as  of  a  noble  friend,  comes  presently  to  Rouen,  he  may 
deliver  your  pleasure  to  me,  and  my  meaning  again  to  you. 
[1  page.] 

April  22.        101.  M.  Cat.  to  [Sec.  Walsingham].     I  do  not  forget  my  promise 

Eouen.       to  you  of  such  service  as  might  witness  my  duty  te  religion,  Her 

Majesty's  person,  and  my  country's  preservation.     For  performance 

thereof,  I  have  neither  respected  danger  of  my  life,  nor  expense  of 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  173 


1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

my  poor  living,  the  defect  whereof  drives  me  sometimes  to  a  non- 
plus ;  for  being  the  youngest  son  of  a  younger  brother,  my  position 
was  only  seven  feet  of  inheritance,  which  has  constrained  me  to 
seek  my  living  hie  et  uhique.  I  have  followed  arms  15  or  16  years, 
receiving  Her  Majesty's  pay,  until  of  late  passing  with  Colonel 
Morgan  in  the  Low  Countries,  rigour  and  wrong  has  been  my 
portion,  instead  of  better  payment. 

His  dislike  to  me  proceeded  through  a  letter  which  I  wrote  to 
Sir  Philip  Sydney,  forewarning  him  of  some  affairs  so  indiscreetly 
handled  by  Morgan  as  to  endanger  the  knight's  credit,  and  hazard 
public  harm  to  the  place  of  his  government.  Morgan,  perceiving 
some  sudden  disgrace,  and  discovering  the  cause,  not  satisfied  with 
depriving  me  of  five  months'  pay  for  myself  and  men,  sought  to 
have  me  murdered.  See  the  reward  of  the  credit  I  did  him,  by 
those  letters  which  in  his  name  I  wrote  you,  concerning  the  dis- 
course of  Mons.  St.  Aldegonde  ;  which,  although  the  managing 
thereof  was  delivered  as  from  him,  yet  I  count  it  no  robbery  to 
challenge  the  thanks  to  myself,  if  anything  worthy  thanks  was 
done  ;  for  proof  whereof  I  appeal  to  Sir  Philip  and  St.  Aldegonde. 

Now  to  the  fruit  of  my  late  weary  travels.  Not  many  days  since, 
I  arrived  in  France,  to  open  a  way  for  my  further  entrance  into 
matters  needful  to  be  discovered,  for  continuance  of  Her  Majesty's 
and  England's  security.  Coming  to  Rouen,  I  consorted  with  Jacques 
Servile,  searcher  of  Dieppe,  highly  favoured  by  the  Governor  there. 
After  he  had,  with  French  policy,  as  he  supposed,  thoroughly 
sounded  me,  he  brought  me  acquainted  with  an  Englishman,  Thos. 
Myttey,  one  of  the  papists'  spies.  These  two, — resolved  that  they 
had  found  a  feather  of  their  own  wing,  as  indeed  I  seemed  to  be, — 
told  me  that  they  lived  in  hope  to  see  the  Catholic  Church  flourish 
in  England  again,  which  I  confirmed  with  like  trust.  "  Marry," 
quoth  Servile,  "there  lies  a  block  in  the  way,  which,  till  it  be 
removed,  we  shall  never  have  our  desire  eflTected."  "  Tush,"  quoth 
Mytley,  "  some  resolute  man  or  other  will  at  the  last  dispatch  that 
matter."  Then  he  began  to  commend  me,  protesting  that  1  ap- 
peared a  man  fit  to  be  employed  in  matters  of  high  moment ; 
assurino-  me  that  if  I  would  return  to  England,  and  fetch  the  com- 
mendations of  Catholics  such  as  he  would  name,  he  would  mean- 
while procure  me  to  be  had  in  no  small  regard  with  his  Holiness, 
at  which  word  they  both  put  off  their  hats ;  and  further  protested 
that  by  means. of  friends  whom  they  would  solicit  in  my  absence, 
I  might  make  full  account  to  be  used,  with  the  assistance  of  others, 
for  the  accomplishment  of  the  great  exploit,  as  they  called  it; 
but  therewith  they  denied  to  acquaint  me,  until  my  return  from 

England. 

Servile  used  to  pass  four  or  five  times  a  year  to  Southsea,  landing 
at  Rye  with  some  petty  merchandise  for  a  colour,  by  which  means 
he  conveyed  letters  both  ways  ;  he  imparted  as  much  to  me  ;  also 
that  he  knew  Lady  Allen,  and  had  conveyed  letters  from  her  to 
her  brother  Lord  Paget;  also  that  Tomson,  a  priest,  steward  to 
Mr.  Roper  near  Greenwich,  writes  many  occurrents,  as  an  appointed 
secretary  for  that  college  ;  whereby  it  is  apparent  that  although  many 


174  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


i^o«  Vol.  XXIX. 

1586. 

of  the  Englisli  papists  be  absent  in  person,  yet  their  practices  and 
partners  are  present  even  in  the  Court  itself,  which  is  dangerous,  for 
he  that  is  a  round  papist  is  a  rank  traitor. 

There  arrived  on  this  side  not  long  since  a  monstrous  long-nosed 
gentleman  named  Chute,  who  triumphs  of  his  good  success  before 
the  Council  at  Greenwich,  and  how  cunningly  he  behaved  in  pri- 
vate conference  with  you,  so  gaining  your  good  opinion  as  hence- 
forth he  dares  to  pass  into  England  upon  any  enterprise  ;  for  you 
stand  fully  resolved  of  his  honesty,  having  permitted  his  return  to 
France,  for  his  further  experience  in  travel,  only  upon  the  assurance 
of  his  fidelity  ;  but  in  truth  his  vanity  is  so  deciphered  there,  that 
you  need  not  doubt  him ;  the  subtle  papists  perceive  the  weakness 
of  his  judgment,  and  that  he  is  not  made  of  that  metal  which  must 
serve  their  turn. 

I  understand  they  have  lately  sent  over  a  professed  Jesuit  named 
Jennings,  an  ingenious  fellow,  on  some  great  matter ;  he  was  to  land 
at  Rye  or  Hastings,  but  what  he  had  in  charge  I  cannot  learn,  as 
all  important  secrets  are  referred  to  my  coming  back  to  England, 
where  I  mean  shortly  to  be,  as  well  to  be  instructed  in  the  execution 
of  these  things,  as  to  confer  with  such  as  I  shall  be  secretly  sent  to ; 
before  coming,  I  will  write  you  again  of  what  happens  meanwhile. 

P.S. — Thos.  Bromston,  Cockett,  and  divers  others  have  embarked  at 
Dieppe  for  England,  to  join  in  practice  with  another  there.  [2|  pages. 
SigrMture  defaced.'] 

April  24.  102.  Solomon  Aldred  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  wrote  from  Eouen 
Paris.  of  Mr.  Gratley's  grateful  acceptation  of  your  letter,  also  how 
Dr.  Gifibrd  had  been  sick  and  discontent ;  at  my  departure  from 
Eouen,  Gratley  wrote  a  long  letter  to  Gifford,  persuading  him  to 
come  away,  and  sent  it  by  me,  with  the  letter  Gilbert  Gifford  had 
written  to  them  both.  At  my  coming  to  Paris,  I  dealt  with  my 
Lord  Ambassador'  according  to  your  order,  who  got  one  to  carry  all 
our  letters  to  Rheims  effectually  and  in  good  order. 

I  kept  your  letter  and  passport  until  he  (D.  Gifford)  came,  and 
sent  him  10  crowns  to  bring  him  here,  and  upon  his  arrival  made 
it  up  30,  and  four  I  gave  the  man  that  went  for  him,  which  was  the 
101.  I  received  of  Mr.  Fant.  He  came  on  foot,  and  being  weary,  I 
gave  him  my  boots  and  spurs  to  return  back.  The  party  that  went 
for  him  arrived  on  Sunday,  and  delivered  him  his  letters.  He  was 
to  preach  that  afternoon,  and  his  text  was  pax  vobis,  at  which  he 
made  me  laugh.  After  dinner,  the  scholars  looked  that  he  should 
have  gone  into  his  study  to  provide  for  his  sermon,  and  mused 
much  to  see  him  walk  in  the  garden,  for  his  mind  was  running 
from  pax  to  guerra :  he  finished  his  sermon,  and  next  morning 
came  his  way,  without  saying  a  word  to  any  one,  took  leave  of 
Mr.  Bayly,  who  supplies  Allen's  room  in  his  absence,  but  did  not 
tell  him  whither  he  went.  He  asked  him  whether  he  meant  to 
return  shortly,  when  he  said  yes,  or  he  would  write. 

Before  D.  G[ifford]  arrived  here,  Gratley  had  found  means  to  come 
hither  without  suspicion,  and  I  lodged  them  both  secretly  in  my 
lodging  that  night,  and  the  next  day  they  conferred  together; 


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1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

D.  Gifford  being  somewhat  green  in  the  matter,  though  very  willing 
to  inveigh  against  them,  was  yet  loath  so  to  do  it  as  to  hazard  his 
credit,  and  could  hardly  he  brought  to  speak  with  my  Lord  Ambas- 
sador, though  very  willing,  being  fearful  lest  it  should  be  known. 

The  second  night,  I  brought  my  Lord  secretly  to  them  at  my 
lodging,  where  they  tqok  such  satisfaction  in  his  sweet  speeches  and 
friendly  entertainment,  and  it  gave  D.  Gifford  such  courage  that,  at 
my  last  parting,  he  told  me  the  more  he  thought  of  it  the  more 
forward  he  was  to  perform  it ;  that  he  has  five  or  six  scholars 
that  will  follow  his  course,  and  that  he  does  not  doubt  to  bring 
Dr.  Allen  into  this  action,  after  he  has  set  Parsons  and  him  at 
variance  ;  if  it  be  your  pleasure,  he  shall  so  proceed.  I  think  my 
Lord  Ambassador  will  satisfy  you  of  the  reason  why  he  does  not 
come  presently,  as  he  has  signified  it  to  him,  and  has  delivered  him 
a  writing  which  I  think  you  will  not  mislike. 

Gratley  is  so  forward,  that  he  with  pain  refrains  declaring  himself 
an  open  professor,  but  bridles  himself,  that  there  may  be  some 
notable  piece  of  service  brought  to  pass.  Upon  Gilbert  Gifford's. 
coming  over,  they  will  join  in  making  a  book  to  justify  Her 
Majesty's  proceedings,  and  will  show  what  just  cause  has  been 
given  to  her  to  proceed  as  she  did,  and  what  just  cause  she  had  to 
proceed  more  hardly,  if  her  clemency  had  not  been  the  greater. 

I  told  him  what  a  good  opinion  you  had  of  Dr.  Bagshaw,  and 
that  he  should  be  delivered,  which  he  was  glad  of,  and  said  if  he 
joined  them  in  this  action,  they  would  be  marvellously  strong,  as  he 
has  an  excellent  wit,  and  knows  the  proceedings  of  the  Jesuits.  He 
wishes  Gilbert  Gifford  might  come  presently  over,  that  no  time  may 
be  lost.  I  asked  what  credit  he  had  with  the  Spanish  Ambassador 
to  understand  the  affairs  of  Spain  ;  he  answered  very  few  English- 
men knew  his  humour  better,  or  could  do  more  with  him  ;  and  that 
the  Ambassador  wanted  him  to  dwell  with  him,  but  he  utterly  hates 
a  Spaniard.  Yet  he  has  promised,  if  it  be  your  pleasure,  and  it 
might  give  no  cause  of  jealousy,  to  remove  from  Kouen,  and 
come  here  and  employ  himself  that  way,  and  deliver  to  my  Lord 
Ambassador  continually  the  advices.  Trust  him,  for  he  is  sure  at 
your  commandment  in  anything. 

Knowing  Roger  Early,  servant  or  companion  to  the  Earl  of  West- 
moreland, and  heretofore  servant  to  Mr.  Gilbert,  I  begged  him  to 
return  to  England.  I  found  him  ready,  but  he  doubted,  as  he 
broke  from  the  Clink  prison  when  he  came  away  ;  I  assured  him  I 
would  procure  means  to  salve  that  soiu 

He  told  me  he  had  dealt  with  the  Earl  to  submit  to  Her  Majesty's 
mercy,  and  used  means  to  bring  him  to  talk  with  me.  He  [the 
Earl]  begged  me  to  get  my  Lord  Ambassador  to  talk  with  him, 
and  said  he  had  laboured  heretofore  to  speak  with  him,  but  he 
refused.  I  moved  my  Lord  Ambassador,  but  he  refused  until  he 
had  an  answer  from  you,  but  gave  me  leave  to  talk  with  him. 
"When  he  began  to  discourse  of  his  lamentable  estate,  the  tears 
ran  down  his  eyes  abundantly ;  he  acknowledged  his  fault  to  be 
very  great  which  he  committed  in  his  young  days,  when  his  head 


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Vol.  XXIX. 


was  green,  and  he  knew  not  what  he  did.  He  said  that  if  Her 
Majesty  would  promise  him  grace,  with  any  small  pension  to  live 
on,  whatever  service  she  should  command  him  to  do,  whether  in  war 
against  the  Spaniard  or  any  one  else,  he  would  do  it  effectually, 
and  she  would  find  herself  satisfied  for  the  past  injury.  For  any- 
thing done  against  her  since  his  flying  over,  otherwise  than  the  use 
of  his  conscience,  and  to  help  his  necessity,  he  will  abide  the  trial. 

I  dare  not  write  my  opinion  in  this  matter,  yet  I  am  bound 
to  signify  to  you  the  truth.  I  know  that  Charles  Paget  and  he 
were  at  words  within  these  few  days  ;  talking  of  the  favours 
shown  to  the  Catholics  of  late,  Paget  inveighed  against  them ; 
the  Earl  replied  tliat  if  Her  Majesty  would  but  give  him  any 
promise,  though  it  were  with  a  condition,  it  should  be  a  very  hard 
one  that  he  would  not  accept ;  whereupon  Paget  replied  the  Earl 
talked  very  simply,  as  Her  Majesty  would  give  bim  fair  promises 
to  bring  him  into  doubt  of  his  head ;  so  they  grew  more  into 
words,  and  the  Earl  told  him  that  if  he  continued  this  proceeding, 
he  would  not  live  another  year ;  to  which  he  answered  that  in 
I  Paris,  no  man  could  hurt  by  day,  and  by  night  he  would  be  sure 
not  to  stir  abroad. 

As  for  Thomas  Fitzherbert,  for  whom  you  promised  to  procure  a 
discharge  for  his  sureties'  bonds,  and  a  warrant  for  his  friend  to  send 
and  write  to  him  safely,  but  proceeded  no  further  on  account  of 
something  you  heard  about  him,  I  stand  the  more  in  doubt  of  him 
too  ;  for  Bearden  told  me  of  speeches  which  he  said  Mr.  Arundel 
and  Mr.  Fitzherbert  told  him  of  me,  which  I  never  spoke,  and 
yet  they  said  they  would  justify  it  to  my  face ;  but  I  knew  his 
lying  humour  well  enough.  The  gentleman  has  denied  it  before 
my  Lord  Ambassador,  and  said  that  he  never  heard  any  such 
speeches  from  me,  nor  ever  had  such  talk  with  him,  and  has  given 
me  a  letter  to  justify  the  same  to  his  face,  which  I  send  herewith 
open  to  Mr.  Fant,  requesting  him  to  show  it  him ;  he  has  also 
offered  to  my  Lord  Ambassador  to  clear  himself  of  any  charge,  or 
otherwise  crave  no  favour  at  your  hands ;  which  if  he  do,  pray 
proceed  with  your  good  turns  towards  him  ;  he  has  many  enemies 
here  for  this  kind  of  proceeding,  and  if  you  give  him  over,  it  were 
a  great  discomfort. 

If  Mr.  Foster  does  not  come  within  four  days,  I  mean  to  go  to  Lyons. 
I  will  omit  until  the  next  how  I  have  been  abused  here,  but  my 
Lord  Ambassador  has  the  matter  under  examination.     [2  pages.'\ 

April  ?  103.  Note  that  one  Hale  and  his  partners,  merchants  of  London, 

on  15  March  1586,  loaded  30  bags  of  salt,  and  8  lasts  of  pitch 
and  tar,  in  a  bark  from  Eatcliffe  and  other  places  in  the  port  of 
London,  for  Dunkirk  or  Nieuport,  and  that  one  Hawkin  and  his 
brother,  captain  and  master  of  a  ship  lately  appointed  to  serve 
Her  Majesty  in  the  Narrow  Seas  against  the  Dunkirkers,  knew 
of  its  transportation. 

That  sundry  persons  secretly  come  from  Dunkirk  into  Essex  and 
Kent,  and  procure  various  kinds  of  victuals,  &c.  which  are  laden  in 


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1586.  VOL.  XXIX. 

hoys,  &c.  and  a  time  and  place  appointed  at  sea,  where  the  Dun- 
kirkers'  boats  board,  and  nnder  colour  of  ransacking  them,  take 
such  goods,  after  which  the  owners  go  there,  and  are  well  paid  for 
the  same,  and  thus  the  enemies'  greatest  wants  are  supplied.  Alder- 
man Pollison  lately  sold  300  lasts  of  salt,  and  several  packs  of 
Kentish  cloths  at  Calais,  to  be  transported  to  one  Box,  an  acquaint- 
ance of  his  at  Liege,  &c.,  where  every  cwt.  of  such  salt  has  been  sold 
for  400  florins.     Endorsed,  Mr.  Ortell.     [f  page.] 

May  8.  1 04.  Account  by  Richard  Huddlestone,  treasurer  for  the  army  in 

the  Low  Countries,  of  the  expenditure  of  24,000?.,  received  out  of 
the  Exchequer  by  privy  seal  dated  20  March  1586 :  payments, 
4,000?.  to  the  Merchant  Adventurers;  1,000?.  to  Robert  Fetter; 
700?.  to  Sir  Thos.  Cecil,  for  his  company ;  and  10,308?.  3s.  8d.  as 
appears  in  a  bill  delivered ;  balance  in  hand,  7,991?.  16s.  4c?.  [1  page, 
endorsed  by  Burghley,  as  delivered  by  Mr.  Hurlestone  to  the  Earl  of 
Leicester,  for  or  by  Mr.  Alye,  8  Jfaj/.] 

May  10.  105.  Sir  John  Forster  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  understand  by  Sir 
Alnwick.  Thomas  GrEiy  that  there  is  a  contract  of  marriage  between  him  and 
Lady  Katherine  Nevill,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  late  Earl  of 
Westmoreland,  and  I  perceive  that  he  has  had  such  a  good  liking  of 
her,  and  she  of  him,  that  they  have  made  such  a  contract  between 
themselves  that  they  cannot  go  back  again,  but  are  man  and  wife 
before  God.  If  the  matter  come  in  question  before  Her  Majesty  or 
the  Council,  pray  stand  his  friend ;  he  is  as  true  and  obedient  a 
subject  as  any  of  his  degree.     [1  page.] 

May  12.  106.  Estimate  of  Her  Maiesty's  charge  for  the  army  in  the  Low 
Countries,  from  12  August  1585  to  12  May  1586 ;  total,  78,558?. 
[I  page.] 

[May  19.]  107.  List  of  23  noblemen  and  gentlemen  with  the  Earl  of  Leicester 
in  the  Low  Countries,  with  note  of  some  of  their  offices ;  also  names 
of  eight  who  returned.     [1  page,  by  Lord  Burghley.] 

May  19.         108.  Copy  of  the  above,     [i  page.] 

May  20.  109.  Assignment  by  Robert  Waynam  of  Southwark,  yeoman,  to 
Sir  Wm.  Catesby,  of  all  his  interest  in  a  bond  for  24?.  made  by 
Ralph  and  Robert  Creeke  of  Thorganby,  co.  York.     [|  sheet.] 

May  28.  110.  Edw.  Foxley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Our  friend's  relation  of 
your  goodwill  towards  us  encourages  me  to  continual  practice  to 
deserve  it.  Aldred  having  told  me  that  my  Lord  Ambassador  was 
to  be  acquainted  with  our  dealings,  I  went  to  him  with  the  other 
party,  but  only  imparted  our  dutiful  mind  to  Her  Majesty ; 
impute  this  rather  to  Aldred's  simplicity  than  any  temerity; 
Mr.  Gilbert's  delivering  your  mind  herein  defends  me  from  the 
like  error  hereafter. 

Considering  many  informations  against  all  Catholics,  and  some 
men's  turbulent  passions,  I  cannot  marvel  though  you  complain  of 
treachery;  yet  by  avoiding  bloody  fury,  God  framed  your  judgment 


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1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 


with  great  wisdom,  not  to  reprove  all  universally.  I  protest  that  I 
have  always  borne  true  devotion  to  Her  Majesty,  my  country,  and 
you,  and  never  dealt  with  any  otherwise  affected. 

You  write  that  my  reconciling  some  to  Rome  is  as  yet  too  fresh 
in  some  men's  memory,  for  which  cause  it  was  Her  Majesty's  plea- 
sure that  I  should  bear  my  absence  for  a  time.  If  the  term  of  recon- 
ciling be  truly  understood,  I  trust  I  have  given  no  occasion  of 
displeasure ;  for  reconciliation  imports  a  change  of  a  man's  mind 
from  a  state  of  sin  to  a  state  of  grace,  by  contrition,  and  purpose  of 
amendment,  with  submission  to  the  authentical  power  of  a  true 
priest,  authorised  by  Christ  to  remit  sins  (Matt.  c.  18  and  John  c.  20) ; 
for  the  action  of  the  instrument  is  forcible  by  the  principal  ageat ; 
but  they  who  suggest  that  reconciliation  binds  one  to  the  Pope  or 
Rome,  excluding  obedience  to  the  prince  or  governor,  are  either 
grossly  blinded  or  maliciously  -incensed  ;  and  if  their  zeal  were  not 
qualified  with  your  discretion,  they  would  make  the  realm  an  object 
of  derision.     [1  page.'] 

June  1.  111.  Estimate  of  the  account  of  Richard fluddlestone,  treasurer  of 
the  army  in  the  Low  Countries,  for  the  charges  of  the  army  sent 
there  for  the  relief  of  Antwerp,  from  1  Aug.  1586  to  1  June  1586  : 
receipts,  77,620^. ;  payments,  74,681^.  6s.  Sd.  Signed  by  John 
Conyers,  auditor,     [i  pages.] 

June  9.  112,  Sir  Amias  Paulet  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  A  gentleman  of  credit 
Chartley.  jn  Normandy,  unable  from  gout  to  follow  the  wars,  retired  to  Jersey, 
where  a  French  servant  robbed  him  of  60  crowns,  which  were  re- 
stored in  three  hours.  The  man  was  to  be  hanged  for  it,  but  the 
halter  broke,  and  the  French  gentleman  and  others  entreat  my  son 
Anthony  to  save  his  life,  as  it  was  rather  a  pickery  than  a  robbery, 
I  beg  your  direction  therein,     [|  page.] 

June  11.  113.  Report  of  the  charge  of  Her  Majesty  in  the  Low  Countries, 
from  12  Aug.  1585  to  11  June  1586,  and  of  the  sums  issued  by  the 
Treasurer  at  War  towards  defraying  the  same,  under  warrants  of 
Sir  John  Norris  and  the  Earl  of  Leicester ;  total  according  to  the 
estimate  of  the  Council,  68,267Z.  4s. ;  according  to  the  list  of  the 
Lieutenant  General,  68,848^.  4s.  [3  sheets,  pasted  together,  endorsed 
by  Burghley.] 

June  17.  114.  Estimate  of  the  charges  of  the  forces  in  the  Low  Countries, 
from  12  Nov,  1585  to  11  June  1586,  and  from  11  June  to  12  Nov. 
next,  being  for  one  year ;  total,  126,180?.  10s,  Signed  by  John 
Conyers,  auditor,     [1  sheet,  endorsed  by  Burghley.] 

[June  17.]       115.   Rough  calculations  on  which    the  preceding    estimate  is 
founded.     [1  page,  by  Burghley.] 

June  18.  116.  Account  of  money  imprested  out  of  the  Exchequer,  for  causes 
connected  with  the  Low  Countries :  to  Hugh  Overend,  agent  for 
Sir  Wm.  Stanley,  for  the  charges  of  1,000  soldiers  to  be  transported 
thither  out  of  Ireland,  648/^.  6s. ;  to  Lady  Malby  for  money  advanced 


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to  the  Treasurer  in  Ireland,  for  the  above  purpose,  1001. ;  to  Oliver 
Rowe  of  London,  merchant,  for  a  similar  purpose,  601. :  to  Thos. 
Lyneall  of  Chester,  for  victuals  for  transporting  soldiers,  S511.  14s. ; 
to  Lord  Audley,  towards  the  charges  of  transporting  300  volunteers, 
levied  in  London  and  Bristol,  and  cos.  Herts,  Monmouth,  and  Gla- 
morgan, 2001. ;  to  Edw.  Carey  for  the  like  charges  of  300  levied  in 
Suffolk  and  Norfolk,  300L  ;  to  Simon  Digby,  for  200  levied  in  cos. 
Warwick,  Derby,  Bucks,  and  Stafford,  200Z. ;  to  Michael  Harcourt, 
for  200  levied  in  cos.  Bedford  and  Bucks,  100?. ;  to  John  Eaines,  for 
100  levied  in  London  and  Middlesex,  100?. ;  and  to  Wm.  Bond, 
treasurer  to  the  Merchant  Adventurers,  for  money  paid  to  Robt. 
Cholmeley,  the  Earl  of  Leicester's  servant  at  Middleburgh,  6,000?. 
[1  page.] 

June  18.        117;  Copy  of  the  above.     [1  page.} 

June  18.  118.  J[ohn  Foxley]  to  [Sec.  Walsingham].  Among  your  sundry 
Paris.  travails  for  the  profit  of  our  countrj--,  your  concourse  with  us  will 
prove  equal  to  the  chiefest.  The  painful  paths  which  our  wits  must 
walk  are  difficult;  with  English  and  strangers,  friends  and  foes,  wise 
and  simple,  to  plant  our  own  policies,"  to  subvert  the  opposite,  to 
justify,  condemn,  excuse,  and  commend  divers  actions,  past,  present, 
and  fiiture,  that  as  our  nation's  peace  might  be  established.  Her 
Majesty  and  you  might  be  esteemed  the  principal  pillars  of  this 
magnificent  building.  We  must  therefore  make  the  best  or  meanest 
in  every  place  think  well  of  you  both,  and  relinquish  your  enemies, 
for  when  men's  minds  are  qualified,  they  are  ready  to  receive  any 
farther  impression.  That  we  may  win  all  hearts  to  love  and  honour 
you,  those  impediments  are  to  be  removed  by  you  which  heretofore, 
in  part  of  policy,  you  conceive  to  be  furtherances.  I  know  that  you 
seek  not  the  death  or  ruin  of  any  subject,  but  that  all  should  love 
you,  which  is  the  inclination  of  noble  natures.  I  do  not  desire  that 
you  should  deliver  some  from  restraint  or  disgrace  for  profit  to 
myself,  but  that  such  favours  being  shown  to  those  who  feared  the 
contrary,  they  might  account  you  the  author  of  their  lives  and 
liberties,  and  other  strangers  might  be  informed  that  you  are  gracious. 
I  never  knew  Dr.  Bagshaw,  now  imprisoned  with  others,  yet  for 
the  ability  of  the  man,  and  many  injuries  he  received  of  companions, 
he  may  be  commodiously  employed,  and  must  be  removed  from  the 
place  where  he  is  altogether.  In  breaking  the  ice,  many  wiU  censure 
us,  but  we  will  demonstrate  none  to  be  true  subjects  but  such  as 
consent  to  our  reasonable  meaning.  The  speedier  manner  of  writing 
will  be  by  the  posts,  any  letters  to  D.  P.  or  myself  to  be  folded  in  a 
blank,  and  subscribed  to  Mr.  Wm.  Luson,  at  the  sign  of  the  Elephant, 
Eue  de  St.  Jaques.     [1  page.] 

June  21.        119.  John  Foxley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  received  yours  of  the 

Paris.        4th,  having  been  some  days  in  Pai-is  to  dispatch  some  matter  which 

you  insinuated  to  Gil[bert]  to  be  necessary ;  he  will  come  to  you 

presently,  and  would  this  day  set  forward  if  I  had  ended,  but  I  will 

sit  up  a  whole  night  to  make  his  journey  sooner.     I  love  you  above 

M  2 


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any  other  in  my  country,  and  see  in  you  matters  worthy  of  admira- 
tion, and  will  serve  you  and  Her  Majesty  the  more,  without  regard 
of  sinister  censures.  I  do  not  require  anything  for  my  wants  until 
I  have  occasion,  and  look  for  no  reward  but  your  good  will ;  Gil. 
will  certify  you  by  word  of  many  endeavours,  whose  access  is 
therefore  necessary,  especially  for  a  little  treatise  which  he  will 
bring  with  him.  In  my  last  from  Paris,  I  asked  you  to  send  to  me 
to  "Walter  Luson,  at  the  Elephant  in  St.  James's  St.,  Paris ;  if  I 
sometimes  differ  from  the  former  resolution,  pardon  it ;  I  intend 
your  advantage  and  the  profit  of  my  country,  persuading  myself 
that  in  writing  to  you,  I  shall  please  God,  and  profit  myself 
effectually  against  my  private  enemies.     [|  page.^ 

June.  120.  Thos.  Seckford,  Eic.  KingsmiU,  George  Goring,  and  Wm. 

Tooke,  ofiicers  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  to  the  sheriffs.  The  Master 
and  Council  of  the  Court  of  Wards  and  Liveries, — not  being 
ignorant  of  the  wilful  negligence  of  the  sheriffs  and  their  under 
sheriffs  generally  throughout  England,  in  executing  precepts  out  of 
such  Court,  which  has  greatly  hindered  the  receipt  of  Her  Majesty's 
revenues, — have  ordered,  that  the  sheriffs  or  under  sheriffs  of  every 
shire  shall  make  personal  returns  of  their  precepts  within  four  days 
of  every  term,  and  attend  to  answer  any  charge  that  may  be  made 
against  them  thereupon,  when  appointed  by  two  of  the  said  Council, 
upon  pain  of  amerciament,  or  such  other  punishment  as  the  said 
Council  think  fit.  We  write  this  that  you  may  not  be  ignorant,  and 
desire  you  to  leave  it  for  the  sheriffs  that  come  after  you.  [^  page-] 
Endorsed,  "Master  surveyors  and  master  attorneys  and  others, 
officers  in  the  Court,  their  letter  to  the  sheriffs  touching  the  Queen's 
process  i/n  curid  Wardorum." 

June.  121.  Frances  Countess  of  Hertford  to  Dr.  Dale.     Thanks  for  your 

Elvetham.  courtesy  to  Wm.  Mosier,  my  cook,  this  last  term.  Being  informed 
by  him  that  the  suit  between  him  and  Richard  Moer,  plaintiff,  is  to 
be  heard  in  the  Court  of  Requests  before  you  on  the  25th,  and  that 
by  the  plaintiffs  unjust  dealing,  he  has  sustained  no  small  trouble, 
I  again  request  you  to  hear  the  controversey  yourself,  and  make  an 
end  according  to  law  and  equity,  as  I  much  miss  his  absence.  He 
has  not  disobeyed  your  order  to  bring  in  his  obligation.  I  hope  you 
will  deliver  it  to  him  again. 

P.S.  [holograph.'] — Show  him  what  pleasure  you  may,  and  I  will 
think  it  done  to  myself.  Commend  me  to  your  wife  and  daughter. 
[I  page.] 

July  2.  122.  Account  by  way  of  petition  of  Richard  Huddlestone, 
Treasurer  at  War  in  the  Low  Countries,  of  moneys  paid  to  persons 
named,  and  disallowed  by  the  auditor;  total,  7,5i*7l.  3s.  8d. 
[3  pages,  endorsed  by  Bv/rghley.] 

July  2..        123.  Copy  of  the  above.    [3  pages,  with  note  by  Bturghley.] 

July  2.  124.  Declaration  of  the  account  of  Richard  Huddlestone,  Treasurer 
at  War  of  Her  Majesty's  army  and  forces  in  the  Low  Countries,  for 


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293  days,  ending  30  May  1856 ;  receipts,  79,680?.  ;  payments, 
59,315?.  8s.  lid,  and  9,038?.  5s.  9c?. ;  balance,  11,276?.  5s.  5d 
[1  sheet,  with  notes  by  Burghley.'] 

July  2.  125.  Thomas  Cartwright  to  Mr.  Davison.  When  I  remember  the 
Antwerp,  saying  of  the  Apostle,  confirmed  by  our  Saviour,  that  it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  take,  it  causes  me  to  close  that  hand  which 
necessity  would  open,  and  I  marvel  at  those  rich  and  noble  men  who, 
instead  of  sending  the  fountains  of  their  liberality  abroad,  behold 
the  gutters  of  their  inferiors  come  flowing  towards  them ;  unless  it 
be  that  they  must  receive  of  many  to  give  to  many,  which,  if  done 
in  measure  and  good  choice,  has  a  plentiful  defence. 

Although  I  am  brought  to  need  for  the  Lord's  cause,  keeping 
thereby  company  with  the  Apostles  and  my  Lord  himself,  who 
were  maintained  at  others'  charges,  yet  in  this  receipt  from  you  I 
have  met  with  a  special  disadvantage  ;  for  in  this  matter  of  giving 
and  receiving  I  have  somewhat  to  exchange.  I  grant  it  is  somewhat 
unequal  when,  for  their  weighty  gold^  they  receive  the  light  ware  of 
paper  and  ink  ;  yet  as  the  goodness  of  gold  rises  rather  on  the  estima- 
tion of  men  than  any  virtue  in  itself,  my  letters  are,  by  acceptation 
and  an  overweaning  of  me,  laid  in  the  balance  with  the  gold.  When 
they  handle  holy  things,  having  regard  to  the  matter  and  not  to  the 
handling,  no  gold  or  precious  stones  may  be  weighed  therewith,  and 
without  such  merchandise,  we  shall  not  arrive  at  the  heavenly 
kingdom. 

Your  disadvantage  is  that  my  letters  can  serve  you  to  small  pur- 
pose, and  if  they  provoke  you  to  write  again,  the  hope,  and  even  the 
endeavour  of  any  show  of  recompense  is  taken  from  me.  I  left 
order  with  my  wife  not  to  be  light  handed  in  receiving  what  might 
be  offered  ;  however  she  has  once  come  over  with  a  gilt  cup  and 
cover ;  if  you  will  have  it  so,  I  thank  you,  although  neither  for  my 
bond  to  you  was  it  needful, — efiiectual  love  towards  the  truth  might 
have  commanded  whatsoever  was  in  me,  — neither  for  the  testimony 
of  your  goodwill,  which  I  know  to  be  unfeigned  towards  me  and  others 
that  love  the  truth,  which  love,  with  your  singular  graces,  makes  me 
wholly  yours.  Commend  me  to  your  wife,  with  whom  I  wish  I 
had  been  acquainted  when  I  was  so  near  the  place  where  she  was. 
[If  pages.] 

July  7.  126.  A.  B.  to  Lord  Burghley.  Wm.  White,  a  merchant  of  these 
West  parts,  informed  me  that  being  at  St.  Malo  last  month,  he  heard 
that  16  of  their  ships  and  barks  had  been  rifled  or  taken  by  English 
men-of-war,  and  that  their  hatred  of  the  English  was  such  that  our 
merchants  dare  not  walk  about  in  public.  Also  that  a  command- 
ment had  come  from  the  King  for  ships  to  be  got  ready  for  sea  from 
that  harbour,  and  it  was  supposed  for  Rochelle.  Surely  Chaucer's 
prophecy  never  took  such  deep  effect  in  England,  and  especially  in 
the  West  parts  as  now,  for  theft  is  made  good  purchase,  and  men  in 
authority,  to  recover  their  unthriftiness,  sell  their  lands,  buy  ships, 
and  command  the  captain  and  company  not  to  return  without 
assurance  of  a  very  great  sum,  lest  they  should  be  losers  by  that 


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occupation.  This  was  commanded  by  a  man  most  unfit  for  any 
government,  but  he  should  be  made  known  to  you  by  any  other 
than  myself. 

A  Briton  has  been  lately  taken  by  this  company,  which  yields 
them  the  less  commodity  because  there  must  be  a  restitution,  as_ 
reason  and  law  requires.  The  party  has  already  complained  to  you, 
and  I  wish  Her  Majesty  or  you  heard  the  general  complaints  of  the 
Commons  at  it,  saying  :  "  I  think  we  shall  rob  one  another  shortly ; 
we  rob  Frenchmen,  our  friends,  and  shall  be  debarred  all  traffic  from 
thence  if  this  be  suffered,  and  shall  smart  for  wealth  wickedly  got 
by  a  few."  I  wish  you  knew  the  third  part  of  the  disorders 
committed,  which  are  kept  from  you  for  gain  to  a  few. 

Her  Majesty  and  you  have  placed  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  as  Lord 
Warden  of  the  Stannaries,  but  amongst  so  rough  and  mutinous  a 
multitude,  10,000  or  12,000,  the  most  strong  men  of  England,  it 
were  meet  their  governor  were  one  whom  the  most  part  well  accounted 
of,  using  some  familiarity,  and  abiding  amongst  them ;  whereas  no 
man  is  more  hated  than  him ;  none  more  cursed  daily  of  the  poor, 
of  whom  infinite  numbers  are  brought  to  extreme  poverty  through 
the  gift  of  the  cloths  to  him  ;  his  pride  is  intolerable,  without  regard 
of  any,  as  the  world  knows ;  and  as  for  dwelling  amongst  them,  he 
neither  does  nor  means  it,  having  no  place  of  abode ;  so  that  in  time 
of  service,  this  head  must  either  fight  without  a  body,  or  else  the 
members  will  cut  off  such  a  head. 

The  north  parts  of  Devon  sustain  a  great  loss  in  the  want  of  Sir 
John  Chichester  and  Sir  Arthur  Basset,  in  whose  places,  if  occasion 
be  offered  for  nominating  fit  persons,  I  will  set  down  the  best 
opinion  carried  of  any  generally.  If  any  commission  comes  from  you 
for  taking  up  men  by  choice  of  any  captain,  if  the  number  be  100, 
he  will  choose  1,500  unfit  rich  men,  who  for  rewards  are  discharged, 
which  practice  had  lately  like  to  have  raised  a  commotion  among 
the  tinners.     [1^  pages,  noted  cmd  endorsed  hy  Surghley.'] 

July  8.  127.  Estimate  of  the  yearly  charges  of  the  forces  in  the  Low 
Countries,  as  set  down  in  the  Queen's  last  rates,  131,777^.  3s.  M. 
and  8,3771.  for  Ostend,  Flushing,  and  Brill ;  also  estimate  according 
to  the  rates  of  the  Lord  Lieutenant  General  there,  134,086^.  19s.  lOd. 
and  8,291?.     [1  sheet] 

July  10.  128.  Declaration  of  the  expenditure  of  126,180?.  10s.,  being  one 
year's  charges  of  the  army  in  the  Low  Countries,     [f  page.} 

July  10.  129.  Estimate  of  the  whole  charges  of  the  army  in  the  Low 
Countries  from  12  Dec.  1585,  when  24,365?.  was  paid,  to  11  June 
1586.     [3  pages,  corrected  draft] 

July  10.         130.  Copy  of  the  above.     [3  pages.] 

July  13.  131.  Estimate  of  the  charges  of  the  forces  in  the  Low  Countries, 
according  to  the  Queen  and  Lieutenant -General  the  Earl  of  Leices- 
ter's rates,  from  13  Dec.  1585  to  11  June  1586.  Similar  to  that  of 
July  8,  No.  127,  supra,     [1  sheet] 


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July  13.  132.  Similar  estimate,  by  James  Oonyers,  after  the  Lord  Lieu- 
tenant's rate,  -with  slight  variations.     [3  pages.] 

July  13.  133.  Account  of  the  causes  of  the  increase  of  the  rate  for  the  army 
in  the  Low  Countries,  assessed  at  the  first  at  9,679Z.  lis.  the  month, 
or  126,180?.  10s.  the  year ;  showing  that  it  arises  from  extra  pay 
being  allowed  to  the  officers,  and  from  different  regiments  being 
augmented.     [2  pages.] 

July  18.  134.  Estimate  of  the  yearly  charges  of  the  forces  in  the  Low 
Countries  according  to  the  rate  set  down  by  Council,  131,077?.  lis.  8d., 
and  garrisons,  &c.  8,401?.;  also  at  the  rate  of  the  Lord  Lieutenant 
General,  133,994?.  10s.  lOd. ;  garrisons,  8,273?.  [2  sheets,  pasted 
together,  endorsed  by  Burghley.] 

July  19.         135.  Note  of  the  charge  of  the  forces  in  the  Low  Countries  from 
12  Dec.  1585  to  12  Dec.  1586  ;  total,  128,630?.     [i  page.] 

July  23.  136.  Account  of  money  due  before  13  Dec.  1585,  for  the  pay  and 
entertainment  of  two  assistants,  lances,  and  light  horsemen  who 
have  entered  the  service  in  the. Low  Countries;  total,  2,423?.  10s. 
[i  page.J 

July  29.  137.  Sir  Edward  Stafford  to  Lord  Burghley.  Having  leisure,  by 
Paris.  reason  of  the  King's  absence,  I  embraced  the  opportunity  of  seeing 
the  country,  and  I  met  with  the  good  news  of  the  arrival  of  Sir 
Eras.  Drake  on  the  English  coast,  which  all  here  rejoice  at, — so  well 
is  the  Spaniard  beloved, — save  the  Spaniards,  who  greatly  droop  at 
it.  It  is  feared  that  many  who  had  dealings  with  the  King  of  Spain 
will  become  bankrupt. 

I  am  sorry  to  do  what  I  have  deferred,  hoping  by  good  advice  to 
see  better  alteration ;  but  seeing  you  put  your  trust  in  me,  I  must 
tell  you,  that  my  cousin  Cecil  does  but  dally,  and  is  loath  to  come, 
home.  Having  shown  him  your  last  letter,  he  promised  to  be  ready 
within  12  or  15  days,  and  said  he  lacked  money — 200  or  300  crowns. 
I  spoke  to  him  that  was  wont  to  furnish  him  in  Paris,  who  refused 
without  order  from  his  father ;  but  upon  my  assurance,  he  delivered 
it.  I  expect  your  commands  about  him,  for  I  will  never  deceive 
you.  I  am  afraid  that  he  haunts  bad  company,  and  worse  perchance 
than  I  know  of,  as  he  never  keeps  that  of  any  English,  and  changes 
his  lodging  so  often  that  no  one  knows  where  to  find  him.  He 
has  not  been  to  me  twice  since  his  coming  here,  and  then  only 
when  I  Sent  for  him.  Pray  interpret  his  doipgs  with  love,  and  not 
to  the  worst.  It  may  be  he  is  afraid  to  return,  for  fear  of  your 
offence  towards  him  for  his  journey  of  Italy.  Call  him  home,  not 
with  anger  but  kindness,  or  he  may  grow  desperate,  which  I 
know  you  would  be  sorry  for.  [2  pages.  Endorsed  by  Burghley : 
"  W.  Cecil."] 

Aug.  2.  138.  The  Council  to  [the  Earl  of  Huntingdon]  Lord  Lieutenant 

Kichmond.     of  CO.  York.     By  virtue  of  your  commission  of  lieutenancy,  you 

are  to  cause  6,000  foot  to  be  raised,  enrolled,  and  put  in  readiness 


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J  000. 

within  the  co.  of  York,  Vhereof  2,000  are  to  be  calivers,  2,000 
pikemen,  1,000  billmen,  and  1,000  bowman.  Such  6,000  men  to 
be  chosen  of  persons  resident  within  the  shire,  and  of  ability  to 
furnish  themselves,  without  any  other  charge  to  the  country. 

The  said  men  are  to  be  sorted  in  several  bands,  under  ensigns 
and  captains  well  affected  to  Her  Majesty.  The  captains  to  have 
from  100  to  300  men  in  charge,  according  to  their  degrees  and 
livelihoods ;  captains  unexpert  to  have  lieutenants  and  under  officers 
appointed  them,  of  more  experience.  The  time  of  mustering  is 
referred  to  your  Lordship.  The  Queen  is  chiefly  anxious  for  the 
shot  to  be  well  trained  according  to  your  instructions.  600  horse- 
men are  to  be  enrolled  and  reduced  into  bands,  whereof  400  are  to 
be  made  among  the  gentlemen,  and  200  to  be  assessed  upon  wealthy 
farmers  and  others  of  ability.  Certificates  are  to  be  made  of  such 
as  refuse  to  yield  to  the  furnishing  of  the  said  horse.  The  horse- 
men are  to  be  furnished  with  cassocks  of  a  suit,  and  appointed 
to  keep  their  horses  in  the  stable  between  this  and  Hallowtide 
next,  that  they  may  be  more  ready  to  be  used,  as  well  for  service 
as  training. 

Every  justice  of  the  peace,  being  of  the  quorum,  is  to  find  two 
apt  persons  with  petronels  on  horseback,  and  those  not  of  the 
quorum  one ;  certificate  is  to  be  made  of  such  as  shall  refuse  to 
perform  this  charge  of  horses.  Order  is  to  be  taken  for  good 
watches  to  be  kept  in  towns  and  thoroughfares,  and  on  the  beacons, 
and  due  regard  is  to  be  had  to  the  landing  of  passengers  who  repair 
to  this  realm. 

Search  is  to  be  made  for  priests  and  seminaries,  who  are  to  be 
apprehended,  and  ordei"  taken  for  such  as  spread  false  rumours, 
&e.  The  orders  for  impeaching  the  landing  of  any  foreign  forces, 
and  relieving  the  maritime  places  are  to  be  renewed,  and  York  and 
Hull  are  to  be  dealt  with  again  by  his  Lordship,  for  provision  of 
powder  and  match,  to  be  kept  in  those  places  for  the  defence  of 
themselves  and  the  country.  [5^  pages,  with  marginal  abstracts 
of  contents.'] 

Aug.  9.  139.  John  Foxley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     As  certain  knowledge, 

connatural  to  human  desire,  procures  gladness,  so  doubtful  anxiety 
dulls  the  mind,  and  consumes  the  body  with  sadness.  These  six 
weeks  I  have  been  void  of  intelligence  from  you  or  P.,  and  there- 
fore was  oppressed  with  sorrow,  which  the  sudden  access  of  P.  has 
abolished.  He  assures  me  of  your  constant  affection,  and  that  the 
cause  of  his  coming  was  for  our  removal.     I  have  from  time  to  time 

advertised   of  the  causes  moving  him  to  stay ;  the  chiefest  is, 

that  he  would  be  assured  of  some  maintenance  out  of  this  company 
at  63.  You  answer  nothing  thereto,  nor  to  that  purpose  of  I-]-]  or 
dealing  with  wrgcecnmet,  which  makes  me  conjecture  that  you 
mistrust  my  fidelity.  Protestations  are  mostly  used'  to  deceive.  I 
am  content  to  be  censured  a  villain,  when  my  deeds  and  words 
disagree  towards  him  whom  I  account  my  surest  friend,  noble  in 
nature,  and  faithful  in  promises. 


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1586. 


Vol,  XXIX. 


Nevertheless,  as  one  man's  judgment  differs  from  another's,  you 
may  be  led  by  babbling  informers  to  hate  him  who  loves  you,  till 
my  own  innocency  or  your  wisdom  distinguishes  between  falsehood 
and  truth.  If  you  have  those  conceits  of  me,  which  you  may  ground 
on  mercenary  pidlers  and  base-minded  intelligencers,  I  cannot  long 
remain  in  your  favour ;  but  if  you  judge  of  me  as  I  deserve,  you 
cannot  bar  me  the  trust  you  yield  to  the  best.  I  remain  a  true 
subject  to  Her  Majesty,  and  most  affectionate  to  you,  and  will  not  alter, 
though  you  should  change  to  me.  [1  page,  cyphers  interspersed.'] 
Aug.  29, 

Sept.  8.  140.  A.  B.  to  Rich.  May,  Secretary  to  the  Merchants.  As  you 
St.  Sebastian's,  made  a  doubt  of  my  former  letters,  I  will  explain  my  meaning.  I 
gave  you  notice  of  a  spy  employed  by  the  King  of  Spain,  named 
Don  Carohis.  He  and  a  great  number  of  others  go  disguised  as 
shepherds,  and  are  rewarded  from  the  King's  purse.  In  his  discourse 
with  my  host,  he  said  that  the  French  King  did  not  want  to  break 
with  Her  Majesty,  and  yet  underhand  would  permit  his  uttermost 
forces.  If  I  were  in  England,  I  could  take  some  of  them  in  the 
French  ambassador's  house.  There  was  one  here  lately,  a  jolly 
fellow,  who  had  been  in  Flanders,  went  to  England,  and  now  has 
taken  my  host's  house  of  Fontarabia  for  his  lodging.  He  discourses 
of  Sir  Fras.  Drake's  return,  of  the  new  row  barges  that  kept  the 
Narrow  Seas,  and  that  he  had  a  view  of  their  forces,  which  he 
termed  terrible  ;  also  of  the  discovery  of  some  Catholics  in  England, 
and  that  things  did  not  fag  as  it  was  hoped.  He  set  it  down  that 
it  was  impossible  to  get  Holland  or  Zealand,  or  to  sufficiently 
proceed  in  tlie  course  of  the  Holy  League,  but  first  to  begin  with 
England,  and  for  the  King  to  bend  his  forces  that  way.  That  he 
had  letters  from  Don  Bernardino  de  Mendoza,  sufficiently  advising 
of  the  manner  ;  also  letters  from  friends  to  Lord  Paget  and  Charles 
Arundel,  then  at  the  Court  of  Spain ;  but  within  two  days  past,  Lord 
Paget  took  shipping  upon  this  coast,  to  pass  for  Nans  (Nantes  ?),  but 
has  returned  through  foul  weather;  and  Arundel,  not  liking  to 
hazard  himself  by  sea,  went  overland  to  Paris.  He  has  been 
advanced  by  the  King  of  Spain  to  1,200  ducats  per  annum,  and 
2,000  ducats,  ready  coin,  for  ajuda  de  castas,  and  knighted ;  Lord 
Paget  has  likewise  a  greater  pension.  These  two,  with  many  other 
English  renegades,  have  had  their  passports  for  Flanders  "  referred 
to  further  preferment,  according  to  desert,"  others  are  to  be  resident 
in  France,  on  pensions  from  the  King  of  Spain,  to  set  forward  any 
treacherous  devices  purposed  against  England. 

The  Pope  promises  liberally,  inciting  the  dukedoms  of  Italy  to  pro- 
mise more  than  they  can  or  will  perform.  The  want  of  Holland  and 
Zealand  troubles  their  minds,  and  the  invasion  of  the  Indies,  with 
the  interruption  of  their  traffic,  is  a  great  cross  to  them.  The  King 
would  fain  be  quiet,  as  one  foreseeing,  but  his  priests  will  not 
permit  it. 

John  Martines  de  Recaldo  departed  Asdth  eight  ships  and  15  pin- 
naces, &c.  for  Lisbon  on  23d  August,  having  3,000  soldiers  and 
1,000  mariners,  who  went  very  unwillingly,  until,  by  a  solemn 


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Vol.  XXIX. 

oration  made  by  the  general,  they  were  persuaded  they  should  want 
nothing,  nor  need  fear,  for  God  was  on  their  side.  They  carry 
7,000  calivers,  3,000  muskets,  and  10,000  pikes,  besides  their  own 
weapons,  as  also  a  large  store  of  powder  and  shot.  They  touched 
at  St.  Vincent  de  Barquero,  and  took  in  pilots  acquainted  with  the 
uttermost  coast  of  Ireland,  being  their  accustomed  fishing  place. 
At  Lisbon  they  took  in  more  men,  and  have  the  company  of  certain 
galleons,  and  stay  until  the  French  have  done  their  feat  at  Riant, 
which  they  are  gone  to  besiege,  and  then  consort  together  for  Scot- 
land, passing  on  the  backside  of  Ireland.  They  have  laid  some  plot 
for  getting  the  King  of  Scots,  and  bringing  him  away  for  a  marriage 
with  the  King's  daughter.  Ireland  is  thought  a  convenient  entrance, 
as  friends  abound  there.  If  all  be  true  in  the  English  Pale,  the  rest 
are  but  renegades,  and  no  trust  to  be  had  in  them.  The  ships  are 
furnished  with  sis  months'  victuals,  and  the  Marquis  of  Sta.  Cruce  is 
to  govern  in  person. 

I  cannot  judge  their  purpose,  but  surely  it  is  not  for  their 
Indies,  and  their  insufficiency  of  force  frustrates  all  opinion  of  its 
being  for  England.  They  presume  upon  friends,  either  in  Ireland 
or  Scotland,  for  Paget  and  Arundel,  with  their  accomplices,  have 
trudged  up  and  down,  using  vehement  travail  to  egg  forward  the 
King,  I  hope  to  his  or  their  destruction,  and  that  I  shall  see  their 
huge  carts,  with  the  rest  of  their  provision,  brought  to  Her  Majesty's 
ships  at  Blackwall. 

Maurice  Fitz-John,  Garrett  Fitz-John  Fitz-Maurice,  and  other 
Irishmen  have  been  earnest  with  the  King  to  send  succours  for 
Ireland.  His  clergy  procured  rewards  for  these  men,  who  each  have 
1,200  ducats  yearly  stipend,  and  have  been  sent  with  passports  to 
the  Marquis  of  Sta.  Cruce  to  follow  his  direction.  ThCj  King  con- 
sumes his  money.  Spaniards  of  best  experience  grieve  at  such  folly, 
but  their  churchmen,  who  never  saw  further  than  their  cloisters, 
will  have  everything  done  as  they  imagine,  and  because  it  comes 
short  in  forces,  they  broach  not  open  wars,  but  secret  conspiracies. 

The  days  are  now  come  to  govern  well  at  home,  and  to  see  to  set 
forth  abroad  to  defend.  Many  eyes  should  be  forth  looking,  and  many 
hands  everywhere  against  enemies'  fighting.  Is  there  any  truth  in 
papistry  ?  No  more  is  there  any  towards  England  in  them  that 
profess  it.  The  prelates  here  rule  the  roast,  and  so  it  is  in  all 
nations  where  papacy  is  professed ;  therefore,  when  the  King  was 
contradicted  at  his  late  being  at  Aragon, — being  urged  by  some  of 
his  prelates  to  say  he  would  lose  Spain,  but  would  have  his  will  of 
England  and  Flanders,  the  Grand  Master  of  Artillery  with  another, 
two  of  his  gravest  councillors  at  war,  answered  him  in  humility, 
that  they  perceived  it  not  to  be  God's  will,  and  therefore  advised 
him  to  persuade  some  good  agreement,  and  keep  what  he  had ; — 
then,  by  the  instigation  of  those  prelates,  he  commanded  each  of 
them  to  have  a  mouthful,  so  that  Spain  will  run  itself  forth  of  breath, 
if  ways  be  taken  in  England  to  withstand  their  doings. 

There  is  an  Irish  priest  gone  to  St.  Jean  de  Luz,  to  take  shipping 
in  the  Falcon  for  London.     Lay  hold  of  him,  as  he  may  be  a  bad 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


187 


1586. 


Sept.  10. 

London. 


Sept.  18. 

Wittengaw, 
alias  Trebona. 


Sept.  24. 
Jersey. 


Sept.  26. 
St.  Omer. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

fellow,  and  deliver  him  to  the  Council.     [2|  pages.    Signature 
erased.'] 

141.  M.  de  Buzenval  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  lapidary,  of  whom 
I  sent  you  word  yesterday,  has  gone  to  Court,  with  a  confidant 
of  Don  Bernardino,  who  passes  as  his  valet.  MaUard,  one  of  our 
church,  accompanies  them,  and  they  pretend  to  traffic  in  rings  and 
jewels.  Mallard  is  not  malicious,  but  is  deceived.  When  they 
reach  "Windsor,  you  should  send  for  Mallard  and  the  other  two,  and 
do  what  you  think  good  for  the  Queen's  safety.  They  will  arrive 
before  this  letter.  Our  Capt.  Vallon  is  weary,  and  wants  employment. 
Pray  help  him. 

P.S. — The  strangers  have  ai-rived,  and  want  to  speak  to  the  Queen 
about  jewels,  when  she  goes  in  public  to-morrow  to  service.  Pray 
take  care.     [1  page,  French.] 

Declaration  by  Thos.  Simkinson,  of  Hull.  Edw.  Garland  thus  said 
to  me :  Pray  go  to  Brunswick  or  Consill,  and  inquire  for  John  Dee, 
and,  if  possible,  bring  him  into  the  country  of  the  Emperor  of 
Russia,  who  has  heard  of  his  learning,  wishes  for  him,  and  would 
give  him  2,000^.  a  year,  and  treat  him  as  one  of  his  chiefest  men ; 
the  Lord  Protector  said  he  would  give  him  1,000  roubles  out  of  his 
own  purse  besides.  [Bom.  EUz.,  Vol.  OXCVL,  p.  143.  Printed  in 
Hakluyt,  Vol.  I.,  p.  573.] 

142.  Ant.  Paulet  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  According  to  your  letter, 
I  have  charged  certain  justices  of  Jersey  to  appear  before  Council, 
to  answer  the  validity  of  a  sentence  given  by  them  in  the  cause 
between  Paine  and  Fautras.  I  have  tried  to  compound  the 
matter,  but  have  been  prevented  by  the  wilful  obstinacy  of  Paine. 
His  adversary  was  willing  to  submit  to  reasonable  terms ;  but  he 
would  submit  to  no  indifferent  judges.  Such  troublesome  members 
should  find  trouble.  Paine,  I  hear,  has  gone  to  England.  He  will 
do  his  adversary  and  the  justices  engaged  therein  a  shrewd  turn,  if 
it  lie  in  his  power.  Pray  sufier  no  act  prejudicial  against  them  tiU 
their  arrival,  when  I  will  teU  you  the  truth  of  this  matter.     [1  page.] 

143.  Abstract  of  anonymous  advertisements.  Divers  ill-affected 
Englishmen,  having  vaunted  to  be  in  England  by  Michaelmas  day, 
are  now  dismayed.  Some  having  taken  money  to  the  contrary,  and 
amongst  others  W.  H,  who  received  201.,  it  is  now  lost  by  him  v/'ho 
gave  it,  and  who  threatens  to  bring  him  into  trouble  by  some  practices. 

Wishes  the  papists  and  recusants  in  England  might  receive 
that  measure  the  Protestants  have  in  France,  to  lose  land  and 
living  if  not  conformable,  which  is  a  course  thoBe  of  their  profession 
have  begun,  and  therefore  not  to  be  disliked  by  the  recusants  in 
England. 

Wishes  all  societies,  especially  such  as  be  of  a  house,  as  citizens 
in  halls,  and  gentlemen  in  the  Inns  of  Court,  might  all  receive  the 
oatlj^  of  supremacy. 

One  of  the  English  here  reports  that  there  are  200  masses  daily 
said -in  London  and  the  suburbs.    Those  he  wrote  of  before  were 


188  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,-„„  Vol,  XXIX. 

1586. 

two  Jesuits,  who  passed  from  Boulogne  to  Hyde  ;  one.  Father 
Edmonds,  and  the  other  a  young  man.  It  is  said  Edmonds  is  taken, 
and  the  other  about  London. 

Wagers  have  been  oflFered  that  Her  Majesty  will  not  live  a  year, 
and  that  the  Queen  of  Scots  will  reign  ere  long.  The  ordinary 
posts  for  France,  especially  those  between  London  and  Rouen, 
should  be  well  looked  to,  as  letters  pass  from  London  to  Rouen,  and 
so  to  Paris,  and  are  dispersed  from  Rouen  by  their  messengers  there, 
who  make  two  crowns  of  a  double  letter,  and  so  on  rateably,  and 
are  many  times  sent  express,  in  their  hose  and  doublets.  Mr.  Thinne, 
an  Englishman,  is  in  great  favour  with  the  Prince,  through  his 
kinswoman  waiting  on  the  Prince's  woman.  He  has  a  pension,  pro- 
cured by  her,  and  licence  to  be  at  sea  against  all  English.  It  is 
reported  that  the  camps  have  fought ;  that  the  Prince  was  hurt ; 
many  slain  and  taken,  and  18  ancients  lost.     [If  pages.} 

Sept.  29.  144.  Account  of  moneys  paid  to  Sir  John  Norris,  Richard  Huddle- 
stone,  and  John  Allen,  for  the  army  in  the  Low  Countries,  since 
their  arrival  there,  to  29  Sept.  1586;  total,  123,000^.  [1  page, 
noted  by  Burghley.] 

Oct.  1.  145.  "Ten  parcels  of  Mr.  Edw.  Wotton's  despatch,"  being  notes  of 

the  following  documents  relating  to  Mary  Queen  of  Scots : — 

1.  Copy  of  the  Queen  of  Scots'  letter  to  Babington. 

2.  Copy  of.the  letters  between  the  Queen  and  BalDington. 

3.  Extract  of  the  Queen's  letters  to  Don  Bernardino  de  Men- 
doza,  the  Archbishop  of  Glasgow,  Sir  Fras.  Englefield,  and  Lord 
Paget,  of  27  July  1586,  about  the  design  of  the  Catholics  for  an 
enterprise  against  the  Queen  of  England. 

4.  Extract  from  the  Queen  of  Scots'  despatch  of  21  May  1586, 
to  Chas.  Paget,  and  Bernardino  de  Mendoza,  for  the  delivery  of 
the  King  of  Scots  to  the  King  of  Spain,  and  gift  of  the,  crown  of 
England  by  her  will  to  the  King  of  Spain. 

5.  Extract  of  Chas.  Paget 's  letters  to  the  Queen  of  Scots,  and 
her  answer,  29  May  and  27  July  1586,  about  the  enterprize  of 
the  Catholics  against  the  Queen  of  England,  by  means  of  Ballard. 

6.  Extract  from  intercepted  letters  showing  the  goodwill  of  the 
Christain  King  to  Her  Majesty  of  England. 

7.  Extract  from  intercepted  letters,  showing  the  malice  of 
Morgan  and  other  servants  of  the  Queen  of  Scots  living  in  France, 
against  the  French  King  and  Queen  of  England. 

8.  Extract  discovering  the  abuses  done  to  them  both  in  the 
management  of  Morgan's  papers. 

9.  Copy  of  Nau's  confession  about  the  letters  of  his  mistress  to 
Babington  and  others,  with  her  own  hand. 

10.  Copy  of  letters  from  Henry,  calling  himself  La  Rue,  late 
household  priest  of  the  Queen  of  Scots,  on  his  practices  for  the 
leaguers  of  France.    [1^  pages,  French.] 

Oct.  3.  146.  Account- of  money  expended  for  the  vicarage  of  Ashby  St. 

Legers,  co.   Northampton,  including  fees   paid  for  exhibiting  the 


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1586. 


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writer's  institution,  &c.,  and  provisions  for  himself  and  his  horse  in  a 
journey  to  Peterborough  and  home  again  ;  total,  l7s.  5d.    [^  page.] 

Oct.  8.  147.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison.     Sec.  "Walsing- 

rork.  ham  writes  me  that  he  left  order  with  you  to  move  Her  Majesty  for 
my  licence  to  repair  to  London  on  Business.  I  am  glad  that  Her 
Majesty  has  chosen  you  for  that  place,  for  many  respects,  but  I 
will  only  write  that  I  pray  God  to  give  you  wisdom  to  see,  and 
fortitude  of  spirit  to  execute,  so  as  your  whole  actions  may  tend  to 
His  glory  and  the  best  service  of  Her  Majesty,  whom  we  see  many 
wicked  Romanists  labouring  to  cut  off,  but  He  that  has  hitherto 
preserved  her  I  trust  will  still  vouchsafe  to  her  and  us  the  same 
mercy  still. 

My  matter  was  this ;  that  although  Paj-Kament  called  me  to 
London,  and  my  own  business  required  my  presence,  yet  until 
I  knew  her  pleasure,  I  would  not  stir ;  and  after  things  were 
settled,  and  the  dead  of  winter  arrived,  I  would  desire  leave  to 
attend  my  private  affairs,  as  without  some  order  therein,  I  cannot 
continue  my  service  to  Her  Majesty.  This  I  let  you  know,  but  to 
Her  Majesty  I  desire  to  have  no  more  said  but  that  I  would  know 
whether  I  may  repair  to  Parliament  or  stay  here  ;  this  it  behoveth  me 
to  know,  that  my  being  absent  tne  day  on  which  I  am  commanded 
by  the  writ  to  appear  may  not  be  offensive  to  her.     [1|  pages.] 

Oct.  10.  148.  ■ to  Sec.  Walsingham.    I  send  the  enclosed,  partly  con- 

Kome.  cerning  the  State  whereof  you  are  a  member ;  being  a  faithful 
subject,  I  held  it  my  duty,  though  it  may  seem  presumptuous  in 
•  one  so  mean.  You  will  especially  see  the  malicious  minds  of  some 
who  rather  choose  to  live  by  begging,  thereby  to  disturb  the  quiet- 
ness of  our  State,  than  well,  as  they  might  have  done,  by  not 
meddling  with  matters  above  their  reach,  besides  the  small  charity 
of  their  great  vicar.  Though  his  order,  before  he  came  to  his  pre- 
sent dignity,  permits  not  him  that  was  a  friar  regular  to  aid  Jesuits, 
yet  to  further  so  general  a  mischief  he  is  content,  with  recommenda- 
tions to  divers  Princes  to  aid  this  enterprize,  earnestly  wishing  they 
may  be  maintained,  upon  devotion  and  superfluity  of  divers  com- 
monalties. In  furnishing  their  college,  they  expect  no  other  fur- 
niture than  the  flower  of  English  youth,  and  will  so  provide  that 
the  vineyard  may  be  full  of  labourers,  as  it  has  been  lately  ;  also 
books  to  alienate  true  subjects'  hearts ;  to  plant  and  bring  up  un- 
profitable weeds ;  to  send  into  our  country,  as  they  have  formerly 
done,  and  call  from  us  men  of  sufficiency  to  aid  them,  unless  provision 
be  made  against  calling  forth  or  sending  in.  Our  posts  must  be 
well  kept  by  men  of  sound  religion,  and  void  of  corruption ;  other- 
wise, notwithstanding  statutes  and  penalties,  continual  conspiracies 
are  to  be  looked  for.  God  preserve  Her  Majesty,  and  maintain  the 
State  in  tranquillity.     [1  page.] 

Oct.  20.  1 49.  Henry  Earl   of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison.     Thanks  for 

York.        writing  me  Her  Majesty's  pleasure  for  my  stay  here,  and  not  coming 

to  the  Parliament  in  respect  of  her  service  here,  and  for  my  repair 


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1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 


to  London  if  my  private  business  urges.  Although  my  causes 
greatly  require  my  presence,  yet  I  will  prefer  her  service  before 
anything  that  concerns  myself,  and  therefore  do  not  mind  to  stir 
as  yet  from  this  charge.  Remember  the  dispensation  for  my  absence 
from  Parliament,     [1  page.^ 

Oct.  29.      ,   150.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison,    I  have  received 

Leeds.        Her  Majesty's  and  your  letters  dispensing  with  my  attendance  at 

Parliament,  as  also  one  from   my  wife.      I  have  acquainted  Lord 

Scrope  with  the  matter,  and  what  Her  Majesty  commands  to  be 

done  ;  I  am  afraid  what  you  write  of  those  persons  will  prove  true. 

P.S. — I  came  hither  last  night  upon  an  occasion  which  you  shall 
know  hereafter,  and  abstain  from  writing  until  I  see  some  chance 
of  success,     [f  page.] 

Oct.  151.  Estimate  of  the  charges    of  the  forces  to  be  employed  in 

the  Low  Countries;  total,  124,572Z.  14s.  8c?.  [1  page,' noted  hy 
Burghley."] 

Nov.  5.  152.  Sir  Edward  Stafford"  to  Sees.  Walsingham  and  Davison.     A. 

Paris.  letter  from  Gravelines,  dated  18  Oct.,  states  that  a  boat  has  returned 
which  carried  and  landed  at  the  North  Foreland  a  man  who  has 
gone  to  kill  the  Queen,  and  that  he  is  one  of  four  who  have  sworn 
to  die  or  perform  it,  and  each  to  attempt  it,  whatsoever  become  of 
those  who  went  before.  The  writer  takes  the  man  to  be  a  Welsh- 
man, who  has  served  a  councillor  or  some  good  officer  in  the  Queen's 
house,  and  thus  hopes  to  get  in  again  ;  he  has  served  the  Prince  of 
Parma.  Two  of  the  other  three  are  Scotchmen,  and  the  fourth  a 
Frenchman. 

The  business  was  contrived  at  Brussels,  but  some  scruples  growing 
in  a  matter  of  conscience,  they  were  resolved  by  a  Jesuit  that  to 
save  the  Queen  of  Scots,  they  might  lawfully  do  it,  and  that  if  any- 
thiag  was  violently  done  to  the  Queen  of  Scots,  they  might  revenge 
it :  whereupon  they  all  took  the  sacrament  that  if  the  Queen  of 
Scots  died,  they  would  revenge  her  death  or  all  die,  one  after  the 
other  ;  and  if  she  were  not  dead  before  they  came,  then  as  soon  as 
the  Queen  had  resolved  that  she  should  die,  they  would  see  if  they 
could  make  away  with  her  first ;  but  if  the  Queen  of  Scots'  death 
was  not  resolved  upon,  they  would  let  their  attempt  fall  through. 

As  the  writer  has  perchance  gone  to  Brussels,  and  there  is  no 
name  to  the  letter,  some  time  must  elapse  before  I  can  hear  further, 
but  liieantime  Her  Majesty  should  take  good  heed  to  herself  as  to 
who  comes  near  her.     [1  page.] 

Nov.  T^.  153.  M.  de  Taffinto  Sir  Edward  Stafford,  English  Ambassador  in 
Eouen.  France.  A  courier  of  Venice,  lately  come  from  England,  says  that 
the  Queen  of  Scots  was  sent  to  the  Tower  of  London,  13  Nov,, 
seemingly  for  her  trial.  That  the  King  of  Scots  has,  as  it  were,  con- 
sented to  it,  saying  to  those  whp  asked  him  from  the  Queen  of 
England  what  he  thought  she  should  do,  his  mother  having  at- 
tempted her  Ufe,  that  if  it  were  so,  and  she  had  before  been  attainted 


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191 


1586. 


Nov.  10. 

York. 


Nov.  10, 
York. 


Nov.  16. 
Durham. 


Nov.  18. 
Newcastle. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

of  a  similar  deed,  he  would  not  by  his  prayers  hinder  the  course  of 
justice.  This  is  hard  to  believe  of  a  son  towards  his  mother ;  per- 
haps the  courier  gives  reports  from  the  Exchange  of  London. 

He  says  that  the  Earl  of  Leicester  is  expected  in  England,  and 
that  Lord  Grey  wiU  command  in  his  place  in  the  Low  Countries, 
talsing  new  troops. 

The  courier  was  in  Utrecht  when  George  Baste,  much  esteemed 
by  the  Prince  of  Parma,  was  brought  in  prisoner,  who  says  Zutphen 
was  parleying,  and  would  soon  surrender. 

A  Flushing  courier  relates  the.  death  of  M.  [Sir  Philip]  Sydney, 
having  seen  his  body  on  a  boat  to  be  transported  to  England.  He 
was  wounded  in  the  leg  in  two  places,  and  would  not  allow  it  to  be 
cut  off.     It  is  a  great  loss  for  the  country. 

The  fight  has  been  because  the  Prince  of  Parma  tried  to  revictual 
Zutphen,  but  threw  in  so  httle  food  that  it  surrendered  after  a  great 
fort  was  taken.  Four  United  States'  deputies  are  going  to  ofier  the 
Queen  their  sovereignty,  since  the  King  of  Spain  tried  to  do  her  so 
ill  a  turn  by  means  of  the  Queen  of  Scots.     [2  pages,  French.'] 

154.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  enclose 
a  letter  from  Lord  Scrope,  which  he  requested  me  to  despatch  at 
once. 

p.S. — I  have  Windsor  in  safety,  and  will  send  him  as  directed 
with  speed.  I  wish  that  all  enemies  and  traitors  to  Her  Majesty 
were  in  the  like  safety.  I  have  advertised  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
the  Lord  Treasurer,  and  Mr.  Vice-Chamberlain  hereof,  as  I  received 
from  them  and  you  the  first  direction  for  this  matter.     [1  page.'\ 

155.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison,  The  enclosed 
was  brought  me  from  Lord  Scrope,  which  I  dispatch  forthwith. 

p.S. — Thanks  for  your  letters  and  advertisements,     [f  page.'\ 

156.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  sent  up 
Windsor  by  Mat.  Pollard  and  another,  who  has  always  been  with 
him  since  1  had  him.  I  cannot  hear  anything  of  Davy  Ingleby,  or 
Boast,  but  hope  they  both  will  be  had  in  time.  Some  say  that  Boast 
has  gone  to  France,  and  the  other  to  Scotland.  WiUiam  Ingleby 
brought  Windsor  to  me,  soon  after  my  return  from  Netherdale  tc 
York ;  I  trust  he  wiU  be  thanked  for  his  services.     [1  page."] 

157.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  am  very 
sorry  for  the  loss  of  my  nephew,  your  noble  son,  of  whom  his  friends 
have  not  a  greater  want  than  Her  Majesty  and  this  State ;  yet  what 
our  God  wiUeth,  cannot  be  stayed.  My  care  to  get  Windsor  and 
the  rest  was  not  less  than  duty  required.  I  saw  my  best  course 
was  to  lay  the  charge  upon  Wm.  Ingleby,  both  by  writing  and  by 
speech,  when  I  went  into  those  parts  where  I  was  sure  he  had  been 
lately.  As  I  conjectured,  the  matter  has  fallen  out,  for  soon  after 
my  return  to  York  out  of  Netherdale,  which  is  a  meet  place  to 
harbour  such  fellows,  Ingleby  brought  Windsor  to  me,  and  I  have 

*  sent  him  to  you,  and  hope  he  will  be  brought  safely. 


192  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


,  -o^  Vol.  XXIX. 

Since  coming  here,  I  have  heard  that  Davy  Ingleby  is  in  this 
country.  Next  to  Netherdale  and  Knaresborough  forest,  where  his 
brother  William  is  a  great  man,  it  is  a  most  likely  place  to  find  him, 
for  as  he  has  here  some  nigh  kinsfolks,  he  may  find  some  so  evilly 
afi'ected  to  this  State  as  to  do  much  for  him  and  such  Uke. 

This  country  was  never  in  such  bad  terms  since  I  knew  it  as  now, 
and  here  is  a  wonderful  expectation  stiU  that  the  greatest  mischief 
which  the  papists  mostly  thirst  for  should  come  to  pass,  and  cannot 
be  avoided ;  but  our  God,  I  trust,  will  confound  them  all,  and 
preserve  our  good  Queen  from  all  their  malicious  treacheries. 

There  was  a  great  assembly  here  yesterday,  both  at  sermon  and 
communion,  of  the  Bishopric  of  Northumberland,  and  of  this  town  ; 
many  of  the  best  calling  in  all  the  three  places  communicated,  and 
some  that  have  of  late  received  seminary  priests  made  not  dainty 
to  come  to  the  communion. 

Shall  I  be  bold  to  teU  you  what  is  said  of  the  greatest  matters  in 
hand  ?  I  have  no  liking  to  meddle  herein,  but  I  think  it  nearly 
touches  Her  Majesty.  It  is  that  she  has  faithfully  promised  the 
KiQg  of  Scots  that,  whatever  the  Parliament  moves,  his  mother  shall 
be  safe  ;  and  Harteley,  alias  Boast,  says  that  the  day  of  triumph  wiU 
be  on  their  side  shortly.  These  things  are  very  current  amongst 
the  papists  here,  but  God  can  disappoint  them  if  he  sees  good. 
By  this  I  gather  that  their  hope  and  practices  continue ;  I  trust 
Her  Majesty  may  foresee  and  prevent  the  danger,  if  not  for  her  own 
sake,  for  the  Church  and  her  people's.  Wherever  I  go,  I  find  that 
aU  good  Christian  subjects  pray  for  her  safety,  and  many  that  taste 
.  little  of  religion  seem  to  fear  her  danger  still.     [4  pages!] 

Nov.  19.  158.  Robert  Bowes  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  came  hither  to-day  to 
Durham,  meet  Mr.  Dean,  and  most  of  the  prebendaries,  as  the  chapter  should 
have  been  held  to-morrow,  according  to  the  statute,  but  it  is  post- 
poned, and  the  Dean  is  with  my  Lord  of  Huntingdon  at  Newcastle. 
Drs.  [Leonard]  Pilkington  and  [Eob.]  Bellamy,  Jas.  Pilkington, 
[Adam]  Holyday,  [Peter]  Shaw,  and  [George]  Cliff  are  here,  and 
[Henry]  Naunton  will  arrive  to-morrow,  and  I  look  that  Dr. 
[Emanuel]  Barnes  will  come  shortly,  for  I  overtook  and  left  him 
yesterday  at  Ferrybridge.  The  other  four  [Rob.]  Swift,  [Fras.] 
Bunney,  [Ralph]  Tonstall,  and  [Rich.]  Fawcett  purpose  being  here 
on  Monday.  Although  this  chapter  is  deferred,  I  trust  to  procure 
a  sufficient  number  to  appear  on  a  day  assigned  by  the  Dean,  and 
shall  entreat  him  to-morrow  to  appoint  another  to  be  held  next 
Tuesday ;  the  result  I  vdll  advertise  you.     [1  page."] 

Nov.  21.  159.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison.  I  arrived  here 
Newcastle,  .on  the  16th,  and  hoped  to  meet  Lord  Scrope,  to  celebrate  Her 
Majesty's  happy  day — ^happy  for  us  and  all  that  fear  God  both  at 
home  and  abroad — and  confer  with  him  on  those  things  you  wrote 
of,  but  I  have  not  yet  seen  him.  Meantime  I  have  done  somewhat, 
and  trust  the  sequel  will  prove  good.  I  must  stay  in  these  parts 
longer  than  I  purposed,  for  this  country  is  far  out  of  order,  and 


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T  .^r  Vol.  XXIX. 

though  I  cannot  deal  with  the  matters  which  most  need  redress, 
yet  I  will  inform  myself  of  the  truth  thereof,  and  settle  the  best 
order  I  can,  in  some  little  things  which  here  make  a  great  cumber. 
Of  Scotland  I  hear  nothing.  It  is  no  small  comfort  that  Her 
Majesty  allows  of  my  labours.     [1  joage.~\ 

Nov.  24.  160.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Last 
Newcastle.  Tuesday,  WilUam,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John  Selby,  lay  in  wait  on  a 
moor  beyond  Morpeth,  with  17  or  18  persons,  for  the  coming  home 
of  Sir  Cuthbert  Collingwood.  Selby's  company  consisted  of  the 
sheriff  of  this  county,  one  Strowther  and  his  son,  and  three  or 
four  who  came  with  Strowther,  the  rest  being  of  the  garrison  of 
Berwick.  Sir  Cuthbert  had  with  him  his  lady  and  one  daughter, 
who  rode  behind  two  of  his  men,  and  there  were  also  with  him  the 
Sheriff  of  this  shire  [Rob.Clavering]  and  his  brother  [Wm.]  Clavering, 
Sir  Cuthbert's  son  and  heir,  and  a  younger  son,  with  eight  men 
between  the  Sheriff  and  him,  12  persons  with  himself  and  the  sheriff, 
besides  the  poor  lady  and  her  daughter,  who  fell  upon  her  knees 
down 'from  her  horse,  and  with  tears  desired  Selby  to  let  her  hus- 
band alone,  for  that  time ;  but  he  and  his  company  discharged  their 
pistols,  shot  Sir  Cuthbert  in  the  belly,  and  young  Clavering,  the 
Sheriff's  brother,  in  the  breast  and  out  at  his  back,  whereof  he  is 
dead,  but  Sir  Cuthbert  is  yet  living.  More  I  cannot  yet  certify, 
but  within  a  day  or  two  I  trust  to  know  the  whole.  Meantime,  1 
I  have  sent  to  Berwick,  and  to  Sir  John  Forster,  to  lay  the  country 
for  the  apprehension  of  these  outrageous  offenders,  who  have  fled  to 
the  South.  This  will  stay  me  here,  but  the  chief  cause  of  my 
coming  hither  from  Durham  was  that  I  was  informed  that  Davy 
Ingleby  and  Boast  are  together,  not  far  from  this  town.  Lord 
Scrope  came  hither  with  me,  and  stays  until  Monday.  [If  pages.'] 
Annexing, 

160.  I.  List  of  li  persons,  the  company  of  Sir  Cuthbert  Collimg- 
wood,  and  12,  that  of  WilliaTn  Selby,  at  the  time  of  the 
affray  betiveen  thern.     [1  page^ 

Nov.  25.  161.  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Old  Strowther 
has  some  land  and  goods  for  which  there  will  be  suit  to  Her  Majesty, 
and  Mr.  Clavering,  the  sheriff,  has  lost  his  brother  in  this  unhappy 
action,  is  well  given  to  religion — a  rare  matter  here — and  of  very 
good  government.  I  wish  Her  Majesty  would  bestow  them  upon 
him.  He  is  nephew  to  Sir  John  Forster,  and  allied  in  the  country, 
but  not  of  good  hving.  This  land  of  Strowther's  lies  so  that  in 
time  of  war,  it  yields  but  small  commodity,  and  your  favour  towards 
him  would  Idc  well  bestowed.  Pray  remember  the  matter,  so  that 
Her  Majesty's  grant  does  not  pass  to  any  other.     [1  page.] 

Nov?  162.  Discourse  addressed  to  Lord  [Burghley?]  of  the  cause  and 

progress  of  the  troubles  between  Sir  John  Selby  and  Sir  Cuthbert 
Collingwood,  showing  the  good  dealings  of  Sir  John  Selby. 

Eight  years  since.  Sir  John  Selby  punishing  Richard  Strowther  for 
contempt  and   disobedience,   Sir   Cuthbert  informed  the  Earl  of 
'   8.  N 


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1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Huntingdon,  Lord  President  of  the  North  parts,  of  Sir  John's  hard 
usage  of  the  wardenry,  whereupon  the  Lord  President  wrote  him  to 
cease  punishing  Strowther  or  his  brethren,  and  to  give  an  account 
how  the  wardenry  stood  ;  to  this  Sir  John  answered,  that  he  was 
commanded  to  account  to  none  but  the  Lord  Governor,  who  wrote 
to  the  President  and  satisfied  him  therein. 

Notwithstanding  this,  neighbourly  friendship  was  begun  five  years 
since  between  the  parties,  and  continued  until  two  days  before  the 
combat  should  have  been  held  at  the  Hare  Crag ;  when  Sir  John 
received  a  letter  from  Sir  Cuthbert,  accusing  him  both  of  high  trea- 
son and  March  treason,  to  which  a  sufficient  answer  was  made; 
copies  of  both  letters  are  extant,  and  the  originals  are  in  the  hands 
of  Mr.  Clavering,  who  had  them  among  other,  papers  in  Mr.  Selby's 
cloak  bag. 

"William  Selby,  to  satisfy  the  assembly  of  the  falsehood  of  Sir 
Cuthbert's  letter,  and  of  his  father's  innocency,  offered  to  defend  the 
same  against  any  gentleman  that  would  maintain  the  contrary,  which 
neither  Sir  Cuthbert  nor  any  of  his  undertook.  His  son-in-law, 
Swynburne,  made  offer  to  quarrel,  but  being  brought  to  the  points  of 
his  father-in-law's  letter,  would  not  take  upon  him  to  maintain  them. 

In  the  evening,  both  parties  came  to  Berwick,  where  Mr.  Randolph, 
then  Her  Majesty's  ambassador,  was ;  and  on  the  way.  Sir  Cuthbert 
sent  Richard  Brandlen  of  Newcastle,  his  brother  hy  the  mother's 
side,  to  Twysill,  to  know  of  Sir  John  Selby  whether  he  had  sent 
such  answer  as  was  delivered  by  his  son,  who  avowed  it.  The  day 
after.  Six  Cuthbert  wrote  Sir  John  Selby,  to  know  when  he  went  to 
Twysill,  that  he  might  confer  with  him  about  his  letter. 

Richard  Brandlen  the  same  day  used  speeches  to  Wm.  Selby  of 
like  purpose  ;  Sir  John  intended  to  give  answer  in  the  afternoon, 
but  could  not,  as  Sir  Cuthbert  went  away.  An  answer  was  after- 
wards sent  to  Eslington.  Randolph  laboured  to  appease  this  new 
quarrel,  and  required  both  parties  to  forbear  information  to  their 
friends  at  Court,  purposing  that  the  Commissioners,  whose  coming 
was  expected,  should  determine  the  controversy ;  the  Lords  tra- 
vailed therein,  but  to  their  great  contempt,  Brandlen,' set  on  by 
Sir  Cuthbert,  quarrelled  with  Wm.  Selby  in  the  street,  and  fear- 
ing punishment,  left  the  town.  Cuthbert,  even  duriag  the  hearing 
of  this  matter,  threatened  that  while  a  Selby  and  a  Collingwood 
lived,  the  injury  he  had  received  by  the  answer  to  his  letter  should 
be  revenged.  He  however  pretended  to  abide  the  order  of  the 
Commissioners,  who  left  the  matter  in  no  better  terms  than  they 
found  it,  through  the  obstiaate  wilfulness  of  Sir  Cuthbert. 

The  matter  hung  long  after  this  in  suspense,  and  on  Sir  John 
Selby's  part  was  forgotten,  until  Sir  Cuthbert  and  his  friends,  at  the 
last  Lammas  assizes,  when  Wm.  Selby  was  about  his  affairs,  gave  out 
great  brags,  but  no  hurt  was  done. 

Two  months  after.  Lady  Collingwood  with  her  son-in-law  Mr.  Cla- 
vering, her  son  Thomas  OoUingwood,  and  others,  came  to  Berwick, 
Sir  John  and  his  son  Wm.  Selby  being  in  Twysill,  where  some 
discoiirtesy  was  offered  to  Mr.  Saltonstell,  servant  to  the  governor  of 


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1586. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

Berwick,  by  Thos.  ColHngwood,  who  thereupon,  caused  Potts  his 
servant  to  watch  Saltonstell  in  the  street,  that  he  might  strike  him, 
which  he  had  performed  by  drawing  his  sword  behind  Saltonstell's 
back,  but  the  bystanders  prevented. 

Kalph  Selby,  second  son  of  Sir  John  Selby,  moved  with  this  dis- 
courteous usage  offered  to  Lord  Hunsdon's  servant,  unwisely  sent  a 
challenge  to  Thos.  Collingwood,  which  was  answered  by  Isaac 
Woodrmgton. 

Five  weeks  after,  Ralph  Selby  accompanied  Wm.  Carey  to  New- 
castle on  his  way  to  London,  where  he  was  first  quarrelled  by  Isaac 
Woodrington,  and  both  being  brought  before  the  Mayor  and  Council, 
were  bound  over  to  keep  the  peace. 

On  his  return,  being  without  a  sword,  he  was  quarrelled  by  one 
Conyars,  set  on  by  Sir  Cuthbert,  who  struck  him  in  the  face.  This 
was  a  watchword  to  Wm.  Collingwood  and  Cuthbert  CoUingwood, 
brethren,  and  divers  others  of  Sir  Cuthbert's  party ;  Ealph  Selby, 
but  for  the  assistance  of  the  townsmen,  had  been  murdered,  and 
seven  of  them  waited  his  return  home  at  the  five  mile  brigg, 
intending  to  have  murdered  him. 

After  this  nothing  was  done  until  this  last  accident ;  it  was  a 
mere  chance  on  Wm.  Selby's  part,  as  has  been  proved  by  trial.  Sir 
Cuthbert,  confiding  in  his  number,  being  the  first  to  draw  and  fire  ; 
he  has  harboured  some  of  the  murderers,  and  caused  Clement 
Strowther  to  be  assailed  by  eight  of  his  servants  and  friends,  who 
shot  at  and  struck  him,  and  left  him  for  dead,  and  he  will  now  be 
lame  as  long  as  he  lives. 

The  whole  week  after,  the  same  company,  armed  and  apparelled  in 
a  warlike  manner,  in  contempt  of  law,  waited  in  the  highways,  &c., 
to  entrap  and  murder  any  that  appertained  to  Sir  John  Selby; 
Sir  John,  having  power  to  suppress  and  punish  them,  yet  forbore  to 
exercise  his  authority,  the  cause  being  his  own,  and  charged  his 
friends  to  keep  quiet,  and  not  to  meet  them  with  the  like  unlawful 
dealing.  Sir  Cuthbert  employed  his  credit  with  the  Scots  to  their 
hurt,  which  is  March  treason  in  the  highest  degree.  It  being  clear 
that  the  first  discourtesy  began  in  Sir  Cuthbert  ColUngwood,  and 
that  the  injuries,  &c.  have  continued  by  him  and  his  friends,  and 
that  Sir  John  Selby  and  his  friends  are  defenders  only  of  their  just 
cause, — in  which  defence  he  has  received  far  greater  damage  and 
loss  than  the  other  in  offending,  having  besides  many  ruffles  and 
disgraces,  and  his  own  friend  and  kinsman  slain  by  accident, — 
and  seeing  that  by  the  mutual  consent  of  both  parties  the  cause  is 
referred  to  you,  as  a  wise  and  godly  Solomon,  Sir  John  beseeches 
you  so  to  pronounce  your  sentence  that,  where  he  is  now  behind 
hand,  both  in  blood  and  otherwise,  his  friends  both  at  home  and 
banished  may  be  restored  to  their  estates  without  loss  or  damage ; 
and  that  you  will  cause  such  satisfaction  to  be  made  that  their 
reputation  may  be  saved;  for  although  they  are  in  far  greater 
danger  of  the  law  than  their  adversaries,  yet  in  right  and  conscience 
they  have  sustained  far  greater  injury. 

N  2 


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DOMESTIC— ADDENDA— ELIZABETH. 


1586. 


Dec.  6. 

Newcastle. 


Dec.  7. 
Newcastle. 


Dec.  7. 

Newcastle. 


Vol.  XXIX. 

[Note  by  Sir  John  Selby.]  Sir  Cuthbert  and  his  friends  will 
deny  much  of  this,  but  if  you  will  depute  indifferent  persons  to 
try  every  point,  before  whom  I  and  my  banished  son,  with  other 
friends,  may  plead  our  cause,  we  shaU  so  justify  our  assertions  that 
you  will  clearly  see  our  innocency  and  the  malice  of  our  enemies. 
[10^  pages.] 

163.  Account  of  the  evidence  against  Eoger  Selby,  Thos.  Mill,  and 
Thomas  Dawson,  late  of  Aln-wick,  and  John  Strowther  of  Newton, 
tried  before  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  Lord  Lieutenant  and  Pre- 
sident of  the  North  Parts,  and  the  other  Commissioners  of  Gaol 
Delivery,  for  the  murder  of  Wm.  Clavering  ;  with  the  names  of  six 
witnesses  for  the  prosecution,  an  abstract  of  their  depositions,  and 
the  verdict  of  manslaughter  against  Selby,  Mill,  and  Dawson,  and 
not  guilty  against  Strowther.  With  notes  that  the  jury  were 
favourably  disposed  towards  the  accused  persons,  more  particularly 
Strowther  ;  that  their  verdict  was  against  the  law  and  evidence,  and  - 
ought  to  have  been  one  of  wilful  murder  against  the  whole  ;  and 
that  Hall,  one  of  the  jury,  said,  if  Wm.  Selby  had  been  taken,  their 
verdict  would  have  been  otherwise,  but  the  men  being  soldiers,  and 
Wm.  Selby  their  constable,  they  excused  them,  as  acting  by  his 
command,  although  Mr.  Attorney  said  he  should  only  command 
them  in  the  service,  not  for  unlawinl  acts.  [2  sheets,  noted  by 
Lord  Burghley.'] 

164.  Declaration  by  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  The  Bastard 
Barrel,  of  Thunder  in  Denmark,  going  to  Rouen  laden  with  rye, 
was  driven  by  storms  into  Newcastle,  after  some  of  the  rye  had 
been  thrown  into  the  sea.  I  being  there  on  the  Queen's  affairs, 
have  ordered  the  ship  to  be  brought  in,  and  the  rye  sold,  for  fear 
of  injury  by  delay,  and  on  account  of  the  great  scarcity  here. 
[^  page,  Latim,.'] 

With  note,  that  37  chaldrons  and  12  bolls  of  rye,  at  8s.  per  boU, 
were  delivered  out  of  the  said  ship,  Ealph  Cornellison,  master,  price 
241  ?.  12s.  That  he  received  38Z.  for  freight,  and  71.  13s.  lOd.  for 
customs  and  other  charges ;  and  that  with  121.  received  from 
Mr.  Delaval  for  30  boUs  more,  there  is  now  in  the  town  chamber 


2071.  18s.  2d. 


[1  page,  copy.] 


165.  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Davison.  I  have  inquired  as 
diligently  as  I  could  of  the  sortie  committed  upon  Sir  Cuthbert 
CoUiagwood.  Being  at  Durham  on  my  way  towards  York,  as  soon 
as  the  matter  was  brought  to  me,  I  returned;  and  after  I  had 
informed  myself,  and  saw  that  the  coroner's  quest  must  find  it  to 
be  wilfal  murder,  I  thought  it  good  both  to  take  course  for  deliver- 
ing speedy  justice,  and  to  see  some  order  amongst  all  the  parties  to 
this  quarrel,  for  preservation  of  the  peace  hereafter,  all  which  was 
brought  to  a  good  end  before  your  letters  came.  The  fact  was 
found  by  the  coroner's  inquest,  as  also  by  the  grand  jury  before 
me,  to  be  wilful  murder.     [1  page.] 


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1586.  Vol.  XXIX. 

Dec?  166.  Note  that  the  monthly  charge  of  1,000  lancers,  after  the 

rate  of  30  days  to  the  month,  is  2,5351. ;  and  so  for  11  months, 
ending,  as  it  is  supposed,  ia  Oct.  1586,  is  27,885L,  whereof  there 
has  been  13,954?.  7s.  8d.  paid  by  divers  imprests,  which  leaves  a" 
balance  of  13,930?.  12s.  id.     [i  page.] 

Dec.  11.  167.  Account  of  money  paid,  for  the  service  in  the  Low  Countries, 
to  Sir  John  Norris,  Eichard  Huddlestone,  and  Eichard  Saltonstall, 
from  21  June  1585  to  11  Dec.  1586  ;  total,  153,000?.  With  note 
that  8,000?.  more  was  paid  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  for  pro- 
vision of  horse,  whereof  5,500?.  has  been  repaid  into  the  Exche- 
quer by  the  recusant  clergy  and  others ;  and  that  if  30,937?.  5s. 
received  by  Horatio  Palavicino,  and  the  6,000?.  by  Alderman 
Mai-tin,  to  be  paid  to  Hugh  Offley  of  London,  merchant,  were  for 
this  service,  they  wUl  have  to  be  added.     [3^  pages.] 

Dec.  20.  168.  Sir  John  Forster  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  Sir  Cuthbert  Colling- 
Alnwiek.  wood,  and  the  bearer  your  servant,  with  other  gentlemen  of  the 
country  attending  me,  upon  my  letters  sent  for  receiving  my  Lord 
Lieutenant  into  Newcastle,  returning  home  towards  Newcastle,  were 
met  by  William  son  of  Sir  John  Selby  and  his  men,  who  frayed 
upon  them,  and  most  cruelly  murdered  Wm.  Clavering,  my  kins- 
man. Notwithstanding  exclamation  by  the  bearer, — being  sheriff  of 
Northumberland, — that  all  men  should  keep  the  peace,  Selby  and  his 
company  assaulted  them  until  they  perceived  Clavering  was  mor- 
tally wounded,  when  they  all  fled.  I  pray  your  furtherance  in  this 
matter,  as  justice  and  equity  require.  [|  pcoge.] 
1586? 
Dec.  30.  169.  List,  by  Sir  Chas.  Blount,  of  156  extraordinary  lancers  who 
have  served  for  periods  mentioned,  to  whom  2,370?.  13s.  6c?.  is  due 
for  their  entertainment;  also  list  of  oificers  to  whom  payments 
were  made  by  Mr.  Huddlestone,  by  warrants  of  Sir  John  Norris 
and  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  &c.     [10  pages,  noted  hy  Lord  BurgJdey.] 

Grant  to  William  S.  of  the  office  of  surveyor  of  the  works  and 
fortifications  of  the  town  and  castle  of  Berwick,  for  life,  as  E.  J., 
late  deceased  had  it,  receiving  the  usual  fees  from  the  Treasurer  at 
Berwick.     [Warrant  Book  I.,  p.  131.] 

170.  Petition  of  Gaspard  Barbose  Cabesse,  merchant  of  Eochelle, 
to  the  Queen  and  Council.  Coming  from  Guiana  in  1585,  his  men 
being  reduced  to  six  by  illness,  his  ship,  the  Bonne  Adventure,  and 
goods  were  taken  by  Captains  Bernard,  Drake,  and  Eaymond ; 
but  upon  proof,  by  letters  of  the  Prince  of  Condd  and  mayor,  «Szc.  of 
Eochelle,  that  the  ship  and  goods  were  his,  they  were  ordered  to 
be  restored,  with  certain  money  that  the  captains  confess  to  have 
found  therein  ;  yet  nothing  has  yet  been  delivered,  except  his  ship, 
and  that  in  a  very  ill  condition. 

Prays  restitution  of  70?.,  and  other  merchandise  and  goods  taken 
out  of  his  ship,  and  an  order  to  produce  the  books,  specifying  the 
quantity  that  was  on  board,  whereby  it  will  appear  what  he  ought 


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Vol.  XXIX. 


to  have  returned,  and  he  will  pay  all  salvage  dues,  &c.  [|  page, 
French,  endorsed  with  an  English  abstract.'] 

171.  Request  of  Ralph  Bowes,  of  Monk  Wearmouth,  co.  Durham, 
to  Lord  Burghley.  In  5  or  6  Eliz.,  sundry  pans  of  iron  were  devised 
by  advice  of  some  strangers,  which  being  made  at  Her  Majesty's 
charge,  were  to  have  been  set  up  at  Portsmouth,  but  were  after- 
wards carried  to  Tynemouth;  their  insufficiency  to  make  good 
salt  being  apparent,  they  were  left  in  Tynemouth  Castle,  where 
they  have  been  for  more  than  20  years,  and  are  now  so  consumed 
with  rust  that  they  will  serve  to  little  other  purpose  than  the 
repair  of  other  salt  pans.  Wanting  them  for  that  object,  wiU  give 
as  much  for  them  as  they  are  worth,  and  desires  that  they  may 
be  viewed,  and  a  price  set  upon  them.     [|  page,  ahstrcKf] 

172.  Petition  of  Simon  Sprake  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  for  release 
of  his  son,  George  Sprake,  a  sea  captain,  Christopher  NuttaU,  John 
Davis,  and  John  Richards,  three  of  his  company,  and  Eras.  Gullet, 
who  was  the  principal  appeUer,  but  is  already  employed  by  Sir 
Walter  Raleigh,  in  Her  Majesty's  aflfairs.  Being  very  poor,  and 
unable  to  pay  for  aU  their  pardons.  Her  Majesty  granted  a  pardon 
for  their  offences  long  since,  which  pardons  are  lying  at  Walsing- 
ham's  house  already  engrossed.  Has  been  a  suitor  for  their  release 
1 J  year,  while  his  son  has  been  lying  in  irons  in  prison,  and  the 
others  have  no  friends.  Hopes  his  honour  will  keep  in  miad  the 
love  of  an  aged  father  for  his  son,  the  poverty  his  suit  for  their 
release  has  brought  him  to,  and  the  misery  the  poor  prisoners  live 
in;  and  will  work  their  freedom  with  speed,  that  they  maybe 
employed  against  Her  Majesty's  foes.     [J  page.] 

Paris.  173.  Edw.  Grimeston  to  Sec.  Walsingham.    Thanks  for  your  letters 

of  commendation  to  my  Lord  Ambassador.  I  have  always  endea- 
voured to  serve  my  Queen  and  country,  but  the  opportunity  has 
not  offered.  I  now  present  you  with  copies  of  certain  papists' 
letters,  whereof  one  may  serve  for  discovering  matters  touching 
Her  Majesty  and  the  State.  They  were  directed  to  a  cousin  of 
mine  here,  and  although  I  may  seem  to  transgress  the  laws 
of  nature  in  detecting  matters  which  concern  my  kinsman,  yet  as 
country  is  more  dear  than  kindred,  and  public  weal  to  be  preferred 
before  private  amity,  I  thought  myself  bound  to  discover  what  may 
trouble  the  quiet  repose  of  Queen  or  country.  I  showed  them  to  my 
Lord  Ambassador,  and  for  the  more  speedy  advertising  you,  craved 
the  credit  of  a  packet,  and  to  be  the  messenger  of  my  own  adver- 
tisements ;  but  as  he  would  not  gratify  me  in  that  suit,  and  directed 
me  to  send  you  copies,  I  think  he  spoiled  me  of  the  fruits  of  my 
labour.  I  hope,  during  my  stay  in  Paris,  to  recover  more,  and  will 
use  all  diligence  in  any  other  action  that  may  be  acceptable  to  you. 
I  intend  going  to  Geneva,  where  I  shall  remain  to  do  you  service. 

P.S. — I  received  these  letters  on  the  29th  ult.,  but  could  not  send 
them  sooner,  by  reason  of  the  messenger's  long  stay  in  Paris, 
[li  pages.] 


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Vol.  XXIX. 

174.  Account  of  munition,  &c.  sent  to  Carlisle  by  Sir  Simon  Mus- 
grave,  on  his  own  account,  as  also  of  payments  made  for  their 
transport,  and  to  Edw.  Bartram,  of  Newcastle,  for  articles  named, 
amounting  to  1621.  4s.,  for  which  Sir  Simon  asks  payment.  Lord 
Scrope  having  certified  that  the  things  supplied  formed  no  part  of 
Her  Majesty's  stores  from  the  Tower  or  Ordnance,  but  were  solely 
supplied  by  him.     [2  pages.'] 

175.  List  of  persons  to  be  called  to  account  in  England: — SirWm. 
Pelham,  for  an  imprest  of  5001. ;  John  Hawkins,  imprest  of  1,400?. 
for  transportation  of  troops ;  the  Surveyor  of  Ordnance  for  munition 
issued  upon  the  Earl- of  Leicester's  warrant";  Browne,  the  Earl's 
servant,  imprest  of  5001.  for  provision  within  the  realm;  Capt. 
John  Thomas,  master  gunner,  for  1001. ;  and  William  Cox,  1001.  for 
oats.     [^  page.] 

176.  Orders  agreed  upon  between  Ralph  Bowes  and  Mr.  Lewin 
for  settlement  of  a  controversy  between  them,  by  which  two 
gentlemen  are  appointed  arbitrators.     [1|  pages,  damaged,  draft] 

177.  Note  of  the  order  in  which  21  of  Her  Majesty's  ships  are  to 
be  rebuilt,  if  their  state  prevent  it  not,  from  1587  to  1596;  with 
notes  of  five  merchant  ships.     [1  page,  noted  by  Lord  Burghley.] 

Account,  by  Robert  Glover,  Somerset  Herald  [addressed  to  Dudley 
Earl  of  Leicester],  of  the  causes  of  the  present  disorder  in  the  office 
of  arms;  viz.,  the  dissension  between  Garter  Principal  King  at 
Arms  and  Clarencieux  and  Norroy,  the  two  provincial  kings. 
Definition  of  the  respective  offices  of  each,  and  suggestions  for  a 
remedy  of  the  disorder,  viz.,  that  the  Earl,  as  Deputy  Earl  Marshal, 
should  examine  the  patents  of  the  several  kings,  and  declare  the 
extent  of  their  respective  authority,  his  father,  the  late  Duke  of 
Northumberland  having  been  Earl  Marshal,  and  a  warm  patron 
of  the  office  of  arms.  IDom.  James  I.,  Vol.  CXXXII.,  No.  83, 
pages  68-76.] 

1 78.  Complimental  verses  addressed  to  Lord  Burghley,  Secretary 
of  State,  from  his  house  at  Theobalds,  praising  its  splendour  and 
beauty,  by  Nich.  Allen.  Inc.  "  Pulchra  domus  mir^  radiat 
spectabilis  arte."    [28  Latin  hexameters  and  pentameters.] 


Vol.  XXX.    1587—1588. 

1587. 

Jan.  6.  1.  Note  by  Rich.  Saltonstall,  governor  of  the  Merchant  Adven- 

turers' company,  of  the  losses  of  the  company  by  exchange  of 
moneys  in  the  Low  Countries,  and  of  payments  made  by  them  there 
for  the  garrison  soldiers ;  total,  2,788?.  17s.  9d.     [|-  page.] 

[Jan.  12.]        2.   Note  by  William   Stafford,   brother   of  Sir   Edw.   Stafford, 
French  Ambassador.     On  St.  Stephen's  Day,  Dec,  [26],  I  went  to 


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1587.  ^°^-^^^^- 

the  French  Ambassador's  house  in  Bishopsgate  Street,  where  I  found 
him  sitting  by  the  fire,  with  Bellievre,  but  he  rose  and  conducted 
me  to  the  upper  gallery.  I  desired,  as  I  had  many  times  done  before, 
that  by  his  means  I  might  go  with  Bellievre  into  France.  He  re- 
plied, "  Tell  me,  Mr.  Stafford,  the  true  occasion  why  you  would  go 
there  by  stealth  ? "  I  told  him  that  if  known,  I  should  not  pass,  but 
I  was  discontented,  upon  some  dislike  which  my  Lord  of  Leicester 
had  conceived  of  me,  and  would  rather  live  there  poorly  than  remain 
here,  despised  by  such  a  man.  He  promised  me  letters  of  credit  to 
those  who  would  do  me  good,  but  said  I  must  continue  in  my 
brother's  favour,  lest  I  should  be  suspected.  He  asked  whether 
there  was  anybody  who  for  crowns  would  do  an  exploit,  and  upon 
my  asking  what,  he  replied  to  kill  the  Queen.  [1  page  unfinished, 
being  the  former  part  of  Stafford's  confession,  the  whole  of  which  is 
in  Dom.  Miz.,  Vol.  CXGVIL,  No.  15.] 

Endorsed,  with  notes  by  Stafford,  touching  the  means  he  professed 
to  have  adopted  to  gain  the  confidence  of  the  French  Ambassador, 
by  pretending  to  be  an  arrant  knave  to  Prince  and  country  ;  and 
particulars  of  transactions  relating  to  conspiracies  against  the  Queen, 
e.g.,  "He  demands  of  me  what  Babington  was, — Shirrell's  going  to 
the  Queen  of  Scots, — De  Jardin's  going  into  Scotland, — Sir  FrancLs 
Drake's  coming  home,  —  the  taking  of  Babington  and  the  rest ; 
George  Gifford  named, — the  Queen's  thought  of  him  touching  that 
practice, — the  Lords  going  down  to  Fotheringay  Castle,"  &c.  &c. 

Jan  12.  3.  Account  of  a  conference  had,  by  command  of  the  Queen,  with 
the  French  Ambassador  at  the  Lord  Treasurer's  house,  by.  the  Lord 
Treasurer,  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  Sir  Chris.  Hatton,  vice-chamberlain, 
and  Secretary  Davison,  respecting  certain  statements  made  by 
William  Stafford,  brother  to  Sir  Edw.  Stafford,  the  English  Am- 
bassador in  France ;  as  also  by  Du  Trappes,  servant  to  the  French 
Ambassador,  Cordallion  his  secretary,  and  Moody,  a  prisoner  in  New- 
gate ;  that  he,  the  French  Ambassador,  had  seduced  them  to  conspire 
to  murder  the  Queen,  in  order  to  serve  the  Queen  of  Scots,  for  whom 
there  was  else  no  way  but  death,  and  sent  his  servant  Du  Trappes  to 
Newgate,  to  engage  Moody  for  that  purpose,  when  Moody  proposed 
to  lay  gunpowder  under  the  Queen's  bedroom,  and  explode  it. 

The  Ambassador  indignantly  denied  the  accusations,  and  alleged  that 
the  suggestion  was  made  by  Stafford  himself,  and  that  he  threatened 
him  if  he  did  not  desist,  he  would  expose  him,  which  he  would 
have  done  if  he  had 'not  had  more  regard  for  his  mother,  Lady 
Stafford,  his  brother  the  ambassador  in  France,  and  his  sister.  The 
Ambassador,  though  very  unwilling,  was  confronted  with  Stafford, 
and  told  that  though  no  credit  should  be  given  to  Stafford  or  Moody, 
and  though  the  lewd  devices  proceeded  from  them,  yet  as  Du  Trappes 
confessed  that  he  made  the  Ambassador  privy  to  Stafford  and 
Moody's  speeches,  and  the  Ambassador  himself  could  not  deny  but 
that  he  understood  of  such  wicked  matters  from  Stafford,  and  con- 
fessed that  he  threatened  him  for  the  same.  Her  Majesty  had  just 
cause  to  think  that  the  Ambassador  did  not  the  part  of  a  good 


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minister  to  conceal  sueh  treasonable  offers,  and  suffer  tliem  to  have 
proceeded,  if  they  had  not  been  otherwise  discovered. 

The  Ambassador  replied  that  he  was  not  bound  to  utter  the  same, 
howsoever  it  might  concern  the  Queen,  as  he  was  an  ambassador,  and 
thereby  bound  only  to  make  account  of  all  his  doings  to  the  King 
his  master,  and  to  conceal  or  discover  it  as  he  should  direct  him ; 
but  it  was  answered  that  in  a  case  concerning  the  surety  or  loss  of  a 
Prince's  life, — ^yea,  if  it  were  the  hfe  of  any  Christian, — he,  as  a 
Christian,  was  bound  to  withstand  such  a  wicked  purpose  as  the 
attempt  of  murder.  He  stiffly  held  to  the  contrary  opinion,  and 
repeated  an  example  of  late  years,  of  an  ambassador  to  the  King  of 
France,  to  whom  a  Spaniard  had  discovered  an  enterprize  agaiust  the 
person  of  the  King  of  Spain,  but  who  sent  word  only  thereof  to  the 
French  King  ;  whereupon,  after  some  question  in  the  French  King's 
Council,  it  was  concluded  that  he  did  well  in  not  discovering  it 
to  the  King  of  Spain  ;  so  he  made  that  an  example  for  himself,  and 
then  took  his  departure.     [11  pages,  draft  by  Lord  Burghley.] 

Jan.  12.  4.  Wm.  Stafford's  report  [before  the  Lords]  of  his  speech  to  the 
French  Ambassador.  "  I  cannot  receive  your  great  words.  It  is  a 
wicked  action  that  you  have  begun  against  the  Queen, — to  take 
away  the  life  of  such  a  Prince,  when  you  are  here  to  preserve  peace 
between  the  Queen  and  your  master.  I  will  not  reveal  what  you 
say,  because  it  is  not  forbidden  in  this  kingdom  to  speak  freely." 
I  protest  before  these  Lords  here  that  the  affair  was  begun  by  you, 
and  continued  by  Du  Trappes,  who  instigated  me  to  take  away  the 
life  of  such  a  heretic,  and  I  should  be  renowned  throughout  the 
world,  especially  by  the  Dukes  of  Guise  and  Parma,  relations  of 
the  Queen  of  Scots,  and  should  have  a  pension  of  1,000  crowns  from 
the  Pope,  and  he  spoke  in  the  same  way  to  Moody.  [I  page, 
French.] 

[Jan.]  5.  Note  that  in  1583  [1587],  or  the  year  preceding,  a  design  to 

attempt  the  life  of  the  Queen  was  discovered.  The  actors  were  one 
Moody,  an  idle  profligate  fellow,  then  prisoner  in  Newgate,  and  one 
Stafford,  brother  to  Sir  Edw.  Stafford,  then  Ambassador  in  France, 
set  on,  as  was  alleged,  by  the  French  Ambassador  Chasteauneuf, 
through  the  means  principally  of  one  Du  Trappes,  his  -  secretary,  or 
domestic.  The  thing  seems  to  have  been  discovered  by  Stafford, 
and  through  his  information,  Du  Trappes,  while  on  his  way  to 
France,  was  secured  at  Dover.  The  Frencli  Ambassador,  hearing  of 
his  servant's  seizure,  began  to  stir,  but  the  Queen  ordered  my  Lord 
Treasurer,  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  the  Vice-Chamberlain,  and  Secretary 
Davison  to  send  for  him  to  the  Lord  Treasurer's  house,  and  open  the 
whole  matter  to  him  ;  not  to  accuse  him  with  the  guilt,  but  to  justify 
what  had  been  done  to  Du  Trappes,  whereof  an  exact  entry  or 
memorandum  of  all  that  passed  was  made  by  the  Lord  Treasurer. 
[I  page,  in  Sec.  Willia/mson's  hand.] 

[Jan.]  6.  Notes  on  the  same  conspiracy,  with  the  following  additions : 

that  Mr.  Waad  was  expressly  sent  over  to  acquaint  the  I'rench  King 
of  the  apprehension  of  Du  Trappes,  who  was  taken  at  Rochester ; 


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Jan.  16. 

St.  John  de 
Luz. 


Jan.  21. 

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Jan.  26. 
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that  Stafford  and  Moody  accused  Du  Trappes,  and  were  confronted 
with  him.  That  the  Ambassador  was  charged,  and  councillors 
sent  to  converse  with  him  ;  that  he  denied  and  yet  justified  it ;  that 
Stafford  declared  the  Ambassador  to  have  propounded  the  thing,  and 
Moody  and  Du  Trappes  was  sent  to  him,  to  treat  of  the  delivery  of 
the  Queen  of  Scots,  and  killing  the  Queen. 

Also  that  the  French  Ambassador  appeared  to  have  an  ill  affection 
towards  Her  Majesty,  as  he  harboured  Babington  the  arch  traitor, 
the  very  day  before  he., was  apprehended.  Waad  was  to  take  this 
occasion  of  requesting  the  King  to  give  up  Morgan  and  Paget,  whom 
it  seems  the  Queen  had  long  demanded,  and  without  satisfaction, 
as  they  had  been  the  principal  designers  against  her  life.  He  was 
also  to  procure  justice  in  the  matter  of  the  arrest  of  several  English 
ships  and  goods  in  France.     [1:^  pages.] 

7.  Note  of  a  letter  from  St.  John  de  Luz.  I  hear  from  Bilboa 
that  a  Scotch  Ambassador  has  come  to  the  Court  of  Spain.  That 
the  King  is  providing  great  store  of  men  in  Castile,  and  that  certain 
Frenchmen  report  he  has  embargoed  French  shipping  in  Andalusia,  to 
carry  biscuit,  &c.  to  Lisbon,  and  is  making  provision  of  shipping  and 
men  in  the  Straits,  The  common  report  is  that  it  is  for  Ireland,  but 
this  is  only  gathered  from  circumstances.  I  hope  that  they  in 
England  are  as  wise  to  prevent  as  they  in  Spain  are  envious  to 
purpose.  TTie  account  made,  in  England  of  the  King  and  all  his 
Spanish  force  is  less  than  the  fear  that  the  Spanish  mariners  have 
of  Sir  Eras.  Drake  ;  and  without  marvels,  the  King  can  do  Kttle  by 
sea.     [I  page."] 

8.  Richard  Saltonstall,  Governor  of  the  Merchant  Adventurers' 
Company,  to  Lord  Burghley.  Pray  grant  your  warrant  to  our 
Treasurer  here  to  receive  out  of  the  Exchequer  2,448Z.  I7s.  9d., 
whereof  338?.  I7s.  9d.  was  lost  by  our  company  in  furnishing  the 
last  10,000?.  paid  at  Middleburg  for  the  service ;  1,950Z.  for  the 
weekly  payment  of  150?.  to  the  garrison  soldiers  in  Zealand,  and 
160?.  prest  to  Nicholas  Erington,  for  which  we  have  his  bill  of 
exchange.  As  those  who  furnished  the  money  at  Middleburg  are 
young  men  who  can  hardly  forbear  the  same,  and  who  press  pay- 
ment, I  beseech  you  to  grant  the  said  warrant  for  2,448?.  I7s.  9c?. 
with  speed.     [|  page.] 

9.  Henry  Smith  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Wilkes,  at  the  Hague. 
Thanks  for  your  letters  of  12  December.  I  wonder  that  none  of  mine 
have  come  to  hand,  having  written  fully  of  all  causes  that  concerned 
either  you  or  us  here.  We  have  now  got  near  the  end  of  our  busi- 
ness, almost  nothing  remaining  in  controversy  but  my  40?.  a  year, 
whereof  I  have  small  hope.  Our  portions  are  found  to  amount  to 
1,700?.  a  year,  accounting  desperate  debts,  besides  our  legacies  from 
my  brother  Francis,  whereof  Mr.  Attorney  says  we  shall  have  good 
satisfaction.  Your  part  is  a  legacy  from  my-  father,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  executors'  part,  whereof  you  need  not  to  fear  the  due  satisfac- 
tion, for  we  have  no  more  to  do  with  John  Taylor,  but  with  Robert 


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Freake,  the  teller,  whose  son  shall  marry  our  sister  Smith,  and  who 
endeavours  to  set  her  free  from  us  and  all  the  world.  My  mother's 
displeasure  continues  towards  you  and  my  brother  Lewes,  but  is 
moderated  towards  me  and  the  rest.  She  sometimes  sends  for  me, 
and  I  hope  in  time  God  will  mollify  her  heart. 

The  news  in  Court  this  Christmas  is  not  good  on  your  behalf,  for 
it  is  bruited  here  of  a  most  heavy  displeasure  conceived  against  you 
by  my  Lord  of  Leicester,  who  has  protested  he  will  be  revenged  of 
you,  and  will  procure  you  more  enemies,  and  has  revealed  to  the 
Lord  Treasurer  and  Secretary  Davison  some  injurious  speeches  you 
used  of  them  to  him,  at  your  last  being  with  him.  Some  of  the 
servants  of  his  Lordship  and  the  Secretary  have  reported  that  it  wiU 
be  good  for  you  never  to  return  hither,  and  that  if  their  Lordships 
are  appointed  to  go  over  again,  it  will  be  too  hot  for  you  to  tarry 
there.  Your  friends  fear  lest  the  wonderful  power  of  this  man 
should  do  you  hurt,  while  there  ■  are  none  to  answer  for  you.  We 
doubt  not  of  your  integrity  in  Her  Majesty's  service,  but  fear  lest, 
by  means  of  your  adversaries,  she  should  be  possessed  with  some 
misUking  of  you  in  your  absence.  Entertain  your  chief  friends 
about  her  with  continually  writing  to  them,  and  to  the  Queen  herself, 
of  your  proceedings.  Mr.  Vice-Chamberlain  and  Lord  Cobham  have 
asked  me  for  you  several  times,  and  were  desirous  to  hear  of  your 
well  doing.  Walsingham  has  been  absent  from  Court  a  long  time, 
and  is  still  at  Barn  Elms.  These  be  men  that  love  you  well,  and 
you  wiQ  do  yourself  much  good  in  often  rememberiug  them  with 
letters. 

There  has  been  a  new  conspiracy  discovered  of  late,  practised  it 
is  said  by  William  Stafford,  Thomas  Tindall,  one  Moody,  and  Du 
Trappes,  the  French  Ambassadors'  secretary,  and  it  is  said  the  Am- 
bassador is  touched  with  some  privity  thereof ;  they  will  be  arraigned 
to-morrow.  Lady  Stafford  and  Drury  are  commanded  from  the 
Court,  and  it  is  thought  they  wiU  hardly  be  re-admitted.  Mr.  Waad 
has  gone  to  France  about  Her  Majesty's  service,  and  William  De 
Vic  is  gone  with  him. 

A  few  days  since,  one  Smith  was  hanged  at  Tyburn  for  theft. 
His  apprehension,  just  about  the  time  of  that  of  the  conspirators, 
caused  a  most  shameful  report  to  be  circulated  to  ruin  me,  and  it 
was  noised  all  over  the  city  and  realm  that  I  was  one  of  the  con- 
spirators. This  morning  I  saw  a  letter  from  my  uncle  Kobert  to 
my  mother,  reporting  this  slanderous  speech.  I  have  ever  been  far 
from  any  such  humour,  and  have  prayed  for  Her  Majesty's  preserva- 
tion and  the  confusion  of  her  enemies.  I  have  been  forced  to  forsake 
the  Court  for  a  while,  to  show  myself  in  the  city,  and  must  write 
into  Leicestershire,  to  satisfy  those  who  stand  in  doubt  thereof  If 
this  report  comes  to  your  ears,  account  it  a  lie.  I  pray  God  to 
forgive  the  authors.  Commend  me  to  my  sister,  and  thank  her  for 
her  letters. 

P.S. — Lord  Cobham  sends  his  hearty  commendations,  and  says 
he  shall  shortly  trouble  you  for  a  licence  for  mares.  [2  pages, 
endorsed  by  Wilkes.] 


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1587.  ^«^-  ^^^- 

Feb.  17.  10.  Thomas  Browne  to  his  cousin,  Thos.  Barham,  at  the  foot  of 
Rouen.  Holborn  Hill.  Such  have  been  the  troubles  here  since  my  coming 
from  Paris,  that  there  never  went  a  post  or  messenger,  but  he  has 
been  sent  back,  and  our  letters  taken  from  him,  and  sent  to  the 
Privy  Council  at  Paris,  so  that  there  are  two  that  I  wrote  you  in 
their  hands.  There  never  was  such  a  stir  here  in  France,  for 
Englishmen  and  their  goods ;  but  both  English,  French,  Flemish, 
Spanish,  and  all  country  ships  have  been  stayed  this  month  here. 
If  my  goods  had  not  been  entered  in  a  Frenchman's  name,  T 
should  have  been  in  danger  of  losiDg  them,  as  others  have  done,  and 
as  yet  they  are  in  danger  to  be  lost.  To  avoid  all  dangers  in  this 
country,  as  well  of  my  body  as  goods,  I  have,  by  my  purse  and 
othewise,  got  myself  naturalized,  and  am  now,  by  great  friendship, 
made  both  free  and  a  burgess  of  Eouen,  both  by  special  grant,  with 
the  broad  seal  of  France  from  the  King,  as  also  from  the  whole 
Council  of  Paris,  and  of  this  town,  whereby  I  am  as  free  as  any 
merchant  to  sell  or  buy,  or  trade  in  all  France.  It  has  cost  me  201., 
but  I  hope  it  wiU  gain  me  more. 

In  my  detained  letters,  I  wrote  you  the  faU  answer  of  the  gentle- 
woman, who  by  no  means  will  write  to  my  Lord  of  Warwick,  as 
she  has  written  twice  to  my  Lady,  asking  her  to  be  a  means  to  my 
Lord  for  her,  and  for  her  uncle  Moyle  to  be  protected  under  his 
Lordship's  favour,  but  never  had  any  answer ;  so  that  she  thinks  it 
would  be  vain  to  write  more,  especially  as  there  is  a  proclamation 
out  against  her.  It  is  now  at  least  four  months  since  I  wrote  you 
how  she  is  altogether  governed  by  Lyby,  a  new-made  priest,  and  has 
refused  the  counsel  of  two  other  priests  in  this  town,  whereof  I 
carried  one  on  purpose  to  Paris  with  me,  to  persuade  with  her,  but 
all  would  do  no  good.  For  your  part,  she  neither  knows  you  nor 
ever  heard  of  any  of  your  name,  save  your  sister  Elizabeth,  whom 
she  became  acquainted  with  at  Lady  Mordaunt's.  Lyby  said  he  heard 
.of  you,  and  how  that  you  spoke  certain  words  in  the  great  disgrace 
of  Dr.  Campion,  by  means  whereof  she  said  she  would  write  nothing. 
I  think  her  not  worthy  to  have  so  much  good  done  her  as  my  Lord 
of  Warwick  wishes.  She  stiU  continues  at  Paris,  and  is  a  great 
suitor  to  the  Spanish  Ambassador,  to  have  the  pension  the  King  of 
Spain  gave  her  husband,  which  she  is  promised,  and  so  cares  little  for 
any  friendship  out  of  England.  She  has  made  a  lease  to  her  uncle 
Moyle  for  31  years,  of  all  her  Hving  in  England,  and  he  has  paid 
her  already  400  French  crowns,  and  must  pay  her  120?.  a  year 
sterling  during  the  tenancy. 

I  lay  at  Paris  six  days,  only  to  solicit  this  good  dame,  which  cost 
me  and  those  I  carried  with  me  20  French  crowns,  which  had  been 
better  saved. 

If  you  mind  to  do  any  good  that  way,  your  best  way  is  to  know 
some  friend  of  Lyby ;  he  is  a  Kentish  or  a  Surrey  man.  I  send 
my  two  little  cousins  a  pair  of  amber  bracelets  each. 

P.S. — Send  the  books  by  Edward  or  Francis  Collins.     [1^  pages.] 

Feb.?  11.  Book  of  towns  and  hamlets  in  Northumberland,  and  within 

20  miles  of  the  Borders,  wherein  the  Queen  has  lands  and  tene- 


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March  23. 

Edern. 


March  29. 
Greenwich. 


March  ? 


April  8. 


AprU  20. 


April  22. 
EslingtoD. 


April  25. 

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ments,  most  of  which  formerly  belonged  to  monasteries  mentioned. 
[65  columns.'] 

12.  John  Grys,  of  Ely,  to  the  Lord  President  and  Council  of  the 
Marches  of  Wales.  Last  Saturday,  a  French  ship  of  80  tons  arrived  at 
Portinllain,  with  certain  Frenchmen  well  appointed,  having  a  letter 
of  marque  from  the  Prince  Condd,  which  I  examined^  and  enclose  a 
copy.  I  brought  the  captain  and  four  men  on  shore,  and  talking 
of  their  voyage,  they  asked  on  what  coast  they  were  ;  I  told  them, 
and  offered  them  a  pilot  to  guide  them  to  Carnarvon,  Beaumaris, 
or  Chester.  They  refused,  but  asked  the  distance  to  Swansea  and 
Cardiff.  They  stay  to  have  a  leak  mended.  They  are  strongly 
furnished  for  war.  I  will  bear  them  company,  daily  feed  them,  and 
try  to  bring  them  into  a  trap,  where  the  country  may  have  the 
upper  hand  of  them.     [1 J  pages.] 

* 

13,  14.  The  Queen  to  the  Lord  President  of  the  North.  You 
write  to  our  Secretary  that,  on  conference  with  the  Wardens  of  the 
West  and  Middle  Marches,  you  think  it  convenient  to  employ  200 
soldiers  to  strengthen  the  Marches.  You  are  therefore  to  levy  the 
men  in  your  lieutenancy,  appoint  them  well  chosen  captains,  and  see 
them  bestowed  in  garrisons,  as  thought  meet  by  the  Lord  Wardens. 
We  have  given  warrant  for  their  monthly  pay,  with  imprest,  to  be 
continued  during  pleasure.     [Two  copies,  |  page  each.] 

15.  Note  by  Wm.  Slingsby  of  bUls  committed  upon  the  Earl  of 
Northumberland's  tenants  within  the  Middle  Marches,  since  the  first 
entering  of  the  said  Earl  to  his  lands.     [1  page."] 

16.  Pedigree  of  the  Clement  family,  and  memorandum  that 
Ric.  Robinson  enfeoffed  Thos.  Harropp,  parson,  of  Stoke  Talmage, 
John  Walleys,  Rich.  Alnot,  and  John  Clegg  of  all  his  lands  and 
tenements  in  Cleron  and  Gelder.     [f  pages.] 

17.  Account  of  moneys  paid  to  Sir  John  Norris,  John  Allen, 
Thos.  Wilkes,  Sir  Thos.  Sherley,  Lord  Burgh,  and  Sir  Wm.  Russell, 
for  the  service  in  the  Low  Countries ;  total,  192,154i!.  12s.  6d. 
[1  page,  noted  by  Burghley.] 

Endorsed,  "  Paid,  6  May,  to  Meredith,  Sir  Thos.  Sherley's  deputy, 
30,000^. ;  to  the  Merchant  Adventurers,  2,000Z." 

18.  Sir  Cuthbert  CoUingwood  to  Seo.  Walsingham.  I  remind  you 
of  my  suit  for  Harbottle  [castle],  granted  me  by  Her  Majesty  through 
your  means.  My  Lord  Lieutenant  can  report  the  truth  of  my 
information,  given  him  last  March,  of  the  disorders  in  that  ruinous 
country,  and  confirmed  by  the  gentry  of  the  Borders.     [|  page.] 

19.  Sir  John  Forster  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Hearing  that  at  an 
ordinary  court  to  be  held  at  Morpeth  on  the  24th  instant,  for  and 
in  the  name  of  Lord  Williarn  Howard  and  Lady  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
there  was  likelihood  of  the  peace  being  broken,  through  the  great 
assemblage  of  people  on  his  part,  and  also  on  that  of  Francis  Dacre 


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for  hindering  the  same,  I  thought  it  better  to  be  present.  I  found 
his  lordship's  officers  holding  a  court,  but  most  of  the  meanest  sort 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Morpeth,  who  owed  suit  and  service  to  him, 
refused  to  appear,  affirming  that  if  there  were  any  court  to  be  held 
there  for  Dacre,  they  would  appear. 

As  Dacre  was  in  town,  and  had  brought  certain  learned  in  the 
law  with  him,  to  hold  a  court  for  and  in  the  name  of  Fras.  Dacre, 
Edw.  Grey,  constable  of  Morpeth  castle,  by  his  lordship's  appoint- 
ment, stayed  his  proceedings,  lest  harm  might  ensue ;  and  with  his 
servants,  used  aU  lawful  means  to  prevent  the  unlawful  assembling, 
and  appointed  certaiu  men  within  his  charge  to  stay  the  repair  of 
such  inhabitants  as  had  refused  to  appear  at  the  court,  and  offered 
to  go  to  the  house  were  Dacre  was,  lest  he  might  execute  his 
determination  in  holding  a  court,  which  would  have  been  very 
prejudicial  to  the  title  of  Lord  William  and  Lady  EUzabeth  to  the 
castle  and  lordship  of  Morpeth. 

I  intimate  thus  much,  that  means  may  be  taken  to  avoid  further 
inconveniences  between  the  parties.     [1^  pages.] 

April  25.  20.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  the  Lord  Treasurer.  I  received 
York.  your  and  Sec.  Walsiugham's  letter,  on  the  order  taken  for  the  con- 
troversy between  the  Earl  of  Arundel  and  his  brother  on  the  one 
part,  and  Francis  Dacre.  If  some  good  course  is  not  taken  in  time, 
to  try  the  matters  at  common  law,  it  is  doubted  that  disorders 
will  rise  between  them,  and  murders  be  committed.  You  know 
the  nature  of  the  people,  and  how  affectionately  they  deal  in  such 
matters,  without  regard  to  law.  I  remind  you,  that  the  mischief 
which  is  feared  may  be  prevented.  Lord  Wm.  Howard  and  Fras. 
Dacre  both  desire  a  speedy  trial  at  common  law,  which  may  easily 
be  brought  to  pass,  as  you  know,  both  parties  agreeing  thereto. 

P.S. — I  enclose  a  letter  from  the  Lord  Warden.  [1^  pages.] 
Enclosing, 

20.  I.  8ir  John  Forster  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon.    To  the  same 
effect  as  that  to  Walsi/ngham,  No.  19,  supra. 

Morpeth,  25  April  1587. 

April  30?  21.  "Advertisements  touching  Sir  Fras.  Drake's  proceedings  at 
Cadiz,  sent  out  of  France :" — 

Wednesday,  ^  April  1587,  5  p.m.,  the  English  army  was  dis- 
covered coming  right  to  Cadiz,  where  Don  Pedro  de  Acugna  was, 
with  seven  galleons.  He  sent  one  to  discover  who  they  were, 
but  being  fired  on,  it  withdrew ;  he  gave  the  alarm ;  the  town  flew 
to  arms  ;  the  women  were  ordered  to  the  fortress,  and  in  the  con- 
fusion, 27  were  smothered  in  the  press  at  entering.  The  avenues 
most  dangerous  for  the  enemy's  landing  were  guarded,  and  a 
dispatch  sent  to  the  Duke  of  Medina  Sidonia  at  St.  Lucar,  and  to 
the  neighbouring  places  for  help. 

The  enemy  fired  at  the  ships,  and  plundered  them,  then  burnt 
a  Genoese  ship,  laden  with  very  rich  merchandise  ;  five  of  Spain, 
laden  for  the  Indies,  and  a  gteat  galleon  of  700  tons.     A  bark 


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of  the  enemy  was  taken  in  the  port,  in  which  were  five  or  six 
English,  who  said  that  they  had  come  in  13  days  from  England, 
intending  to  sack  the  town,  Don  Pedro  de  Acugna  attacked 
them  with  his  galleys,  but  was  obliged  to  retire,  their  artillery 
carrying  further  than  his. 

Seeing  the  precautions  taken,  the  enemy  did  not  attempt  to 
land,  but  were  satisfied  with  burning  the  ships. 

On  Thursday  the  galleons  made  another  attack,  but  were 
driven  back  by  the  superior  artillery.  The  enemy  plundered  and 
burnt  a  Biscayan  vessel  of  wines,  and  six  or  seven  Turkish 
vessels,  laden  with  munitions  of  war.  He  next  wanted  to  attack 
the  bridge  by  which  help  was  to  come,  but  seeing  it  well  de- 
fended, made  no  eflfort.  They  tried  to  sail  away,  but  the  wind 
did  not  serve.  The  galleons  and  the  fortress  fired  on  them,  but 
their  artillery  always  made  the  galleys  retire.  The  Duke  of 
Medina  now  entered,  with  3,000  footmen  and  300  horsemen,  but 
the  wind  was  favouring  them.  The  enemy  retired  on  Friday 
morning  ^^.  They  took  away  2,900  pipes  of  wine,  10,000 
quintals  of  biscuit,  10,000  loads  of  corn,  and  much  armour, 
victuals,  and  munition,  having  burnt  19  vessels.  Some  estimate 
the  damage  at  3,000  or  4,000  crowns.  It  is  supposed  the  army 
will  take  the  route  of  the  Canary,  Madeira,  or  Terceras  islands,  and 
seek  the  fleet  returning  from  the  Indies,  which  was  the  first 
object  of  Drake's  voyage. 

Account  of  Sir  Eras.  Drake's  ships : — 

2  large  war  ships,  very  well  made,  of  500  tons. 

2  admirals  of  the  same  size. 

1  large  similar  ship,  of  400  tons. 

2  war  gaUeons,  well  made,  of  200  tons. 

7  of  150,  well  armed  and  with  good  artillery. 
13  fine  frigates,  of  about  50  tons. 

27  ships  in  all ;  but  two  Englishmen  made  prisoners,  say  they 
have  not  more  than  4,000  men.   .[2|  pagesJ] 

April  ?  22.  The  Council  to .    The  Queen,  by  her  late  proclamation. 

Court.  has  forbidden  the  sewing  of  woad,  till  further  consideration  how  it 
might  be  tolerated  so  as  not  to  be  hurtful,  as  it  has  hitherto  been. 
It  is  now  found  expedient  that  the  sewing  be  continued  with 
moderation,  in  places  convenient,  on  payment  to  Her  Majesty  of 
20s.  per  acre,  in  respect  of  the  loss  she  sustains  in  her  Customs ;  and 
a  surveyor  is  to  be  employed,  to  see  that  it  is  only  sewn  in  con- 
venient places,  and  on  bonds  for  the  said  payment ;  and  all  who 
have  sewn  it  since  the  proclamation  are  to  pay  the  said  sum.  You 
are  therefore  appointed  to  the  said  office,  to  act  according  to  articles 
sent  herewith.     [3  pages.']    Enclosvng, 

22.  I.  Articles  to  he  observed  by  A.  B.,  touchvng  the  sewmg 
of  woad  withm  the  realm.  That  it  he  not  sewn  within 
Jive  miles  of  any  of  the  Queen's  residences,  nor  of  any 
city,  ma/rhet,  or  thoroughfare  town.  Nor  where  there  is 


208  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

1587. 


Vol.  XXX. 


not  sufficient  pasture  land.  Nor  where,  upon  trial,  it  is 
found  injurious,  hy  taking  away  the  poor  from  their 
accustomed  work,  or  damaging  fruitful  grounds.  No 
onan  to  sew  more  than  20  acres  yearly,  and  not  more 
than  40  or  60  to  be  sewn  i/n  one  parish;  this  quantity 
will  set  on  work  200  poor  people  wanting  means  for 
^  of  the  year.  All  transgressors  of  the  proclamation 
to  be  inquired  into,  &c.  Also  a  register  to  be  kept  of  all 
the  sewers  of  woad  throughout  the  realm,.     [6  pages^ 

[April.]  23.  Account  of  disbursements  by  the  Merchant  Adventurers  for 
pay,  from  12  Nov.  1586  to  1 6  April  1587 ;  to  the  soldiers  in  Flushing, 
by  warrant  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  2,740Z.  5s. ;  and  to  Henry 
Beecher,  Nicholas  Erington,  and  William  and  Rich.  Browne, -for 
furnishing  troops  with  victuals,  &c.  at  Ramekins,  Bergen-op-Zoom, 
and  Ostend,  2,568^.  15s.     [|  page.'] 

April.  24.  Note  that  the  Earl  of  Leicester  mortgaged   and  forfeited  to 

Campion  the  brewer,  for  2,300Z.,  a  lease  in  Kent  worth  6,0001. ; 
to  John  Arundel,  for  1,200Z.,  Aldersbiook  manor,  and  other  lands  ; 
to  Alderman  Webb,  for  1,500?.,  and  to  Mrs.  Smith,  for  2,000?.,  lands 
in  CO.  Warwick ;  to  Mr.  Aldersey,  and  other  merchants,  for  2,000?., 
lands  worth  7,000?. ;  that  all  this  money  was  borrowed  for,  and  was 
spent  in  Her  Majesty's  service  in  the  Low  Countries,  and  that  such 
mortgages  will  be  past  redeeming,  unless  immediate  payment  is 
made,  which  ^f  not  done,  his  lordship  will  lose  above  18,000?. ;  and 
that  he  also  owes  an  infinite  sum  besides,  for  his  expenses  incurred 
in  these  services.     [1  page.] 

May  31.         25.  Nicholas  Cabry  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  write  to  assure  you 

June  lOT   of  my  goodwill,  ever  since  I  had  the  honour  of  knowing  you,  which 

Your  house    was  some  time  before  that  tragic  and  bloody  St.  Bartholomew,  when 

at  Paris,      jq^  ygg,j  jjdg  {j^  your  house  at  St.  Martin.     As  I  know  you  are 

anxious  about  your  health,  I  send  you  an  excellent  medicine  for 

dissolving  every  cariiosity,  tried  by  a  gentleman  of  Provence,  who 

could  hardly  support  himself  on  his  feet  before,  and  is  now  quite 

nimble.     I  am   expecting  some  rare   things  from  Constantinople, 

where  I  have  lived  four  years,  and  will  let  you  know  when  they 

come.     [1  page,  French  and  ItaUa/n.'] 

May.  26.  Account  of  the  disorders  between  Francis  Dacre   and  Lord 

William  Howard's  friends. 

On  14  April,  Mr.  Dacre  came  to  Morpeth,  when  he  was  attended 
by  the  bailifis,  burgesses,  and  most  of  the  barony,  who  promised  to 
pay  him  their  rent  and  do  service.  The  townsmen  told  them  that  a 
head  court  for  the  corporation  was  to  be  kept  by  them  on  the  24th, 
as  was  customary,  and  that  the  Lord,  or  his  constable,  or  some 
one  from  him  used  to  sit  with  them,  and  required  Mr.  Dacre  to 
attend,  which  he  promised  to  do.  On  the  23rd,  Dacre  came  to 
the  town,  with  12  men  and  two  gentlemen,  one  of  whom  was 
learned  in  the  law,  and  took  lodgings  at  Mrs.  Green's,  a  widow ; 


DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  2^9 


1587. 


Vol.  XXX. 

thereupon  the  bailiffs  with  some  of  the  aldermen  and  other  bur- 
gesses went  and  told  him  that  Edw.  Grey,  constable  for  Lord 
William  Howard,  entered  their  Moothall  two  days  before,  by  some 
sleight,  and  lodged  certain  of  his  men  therein,  so  as  to  keep  them 
out;  and  that  although  they  had  demanded  it  several  times,  they 
could  not  get  it,  nor  be  suffered  to  keep  their  court  there,  except  they 
would  act  as  he  wished  them,  which  they  would  never  do. 

Immediately  after,  troops  of  horse  and  a  number  of  Mr.  Grey's 
friends  from  the  Borders  came  to  the  town,  followed  by  the  Lord 
Warden  and  a  great  company,  who  rode  to  the  castle,  and  lodged 
there;  and  in  the  evening,  100  persons  came  to  where  Dacre  was 
lodging,  and  walked  up  and  down  the  street,  and  a  person  went 
with  the  bailiff  and  a  serjeant,  who  were  then  with  Dacre,  and 
told  them  to  assemble  the  aldermen,  and  meet  Grey  at  the  market 
cross ;  the  bailiff  replied  it  was  too  late,  and  the  serjeant,  after 
going  out,  returned  and  said  he  would  not  go  out  again  for  fear  of 
his  life. 

By  daylight  next  morning,  the  street  where  Dacre  lodged  was 
lined  with  100  men  of  the  Borders,  all  armed,  Avho  walked  up  and 
down  with  Mr.  Grey  and  others,  until  three  p.m.,  when  Dacre  went 
away.  In  this  time  the  bailiff  and  certain  others  of  the  town  who 
had  attorneyed  to  Dacre  offered  to  go  to  him,  but  were  stopped  by 
the  guard,  and  carried  away  by  force,  although  he  had  willed  all 
who  favoured  him  not  to  make  any  tumult. 

After  this  Dacre  sent  the  two  gentlemen  who  came  to  the  town 
with  him  to  the  Lord  Warden,  to  inform  him  of  these  disorders,  and 
what  evU  was  likely  to  ensue  if  the  townsmen  would  not  be  ruled 
by  him,  but  would  assemble  for  his  defence  against  his  will,  and  that 
his  Lordship  should  forsee  the  worst,  who  said  he  would  so  do, 
but  did  not.  About  nine  o'clock,  the  Lord  Warden,  with  Mr.  Grey, 
one  Felton  who  said  he  was  appointed  steward  by  Lord  Wm.  Howard, 
and  others  of  that  faction  went  into  the  Tolbooth,  and  sat  upon 
the  bench,  and  with  the  other  bailiff  who  had  not  attorneyed  to 
Dacre,  began  to  call  the  court,  which  was  against  the  order  of  the 
town,  but  they  rang  the  bell  for  warning.  The  other  bailiff,  all  the 
aldermen,  and  the  burgesses  thereupon  came  to  the  Moothall,  and 
being  called,  flatly  refused  to  sit  in  court,  appear,  or  make  answer 
but  in  Dacre's  name,  and  according  to  the  order  of  the  town,  and 
thereupon  departed. 

Those  sitting  in  the  court  proceeded  in  their  un  orderly  course, 
with  the  countenance  of  the  Lord  Warden,  and  composed  a  jury  of 
six,  whom  they  swore  to  Lord  Wm.  Howard  ;  one  was  the  Lord  of 
Misrule,  and  another  the.  common  neatherd  (?)  for  the  town. 

Mr.  Birkbeck,  a  counsellor,  required  orderly  proceedings,  that  the 
court  might  be  free,  and  that  those  burgesses  who  would  willingly 
appear  in  Lord  William's  name  should  so  do  without  disturbance 
of  others,  and  also  those  who  would  willingly  appear  in  Dacre's 
name  ;  but  the  Lord  Warden  answered  that  he  would  maintain  the 
possession.  Birkbeck  then  required  that  the  guard  and  unlawful 
assembly  before  Dacre's.  lodging  might  be  removed,  that  he  might 


210  DOMESTIC-   ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 

1587. 


Vol.  XXX. 


come  abroad  with  more  security ;  he  answered  that  for  those  matters 
they  might  prefer  bills  at  the  sessions. 

He  then  required  that  the  bailiffs,  aldermen,  and  other  townsmen 
might  quietly  come  to  confer  with  Dacre ;  he  answered  that  if  they 
should  be  suffered,  they  might  keep  the  court  with  him,  and  there- 
fore refused  ;  thereupon  they  commanded  Mr.  Birkbeck  forth  of  the 
court,  who,  requiring  that  the  premises  might  be  truly  certified, 
departed. 

All  this  time  Dacre  kept  in  his  lodgings,  lest  by  going  abroad, 
the  townsmen  should  assemble  about  him ;  and  he  divers  times 
sent  to  them,  and  thanked  them  for  keeping  themselves  quiet,  and 
exhorted  them  to  remain  so.  Matters  thus  continued  until  three 
p.m.,  when  Dacre  with  his  servants  suddenly  took  horse  and  left 
quietly,  so  that  the  townsmen  should  not  flock  about  him.  With 
note  that  the  Lord  Warden  is  uncle  to  Edw.  Grey,  and  has  cer- 
tain grounds  of  Lord  Wm.  Howard,  which  are  worth  much  to 
him,  and  that  the  Serjeant  of  the  town  was  forcibly  taken  to  the 
castle  by  some  of  Lord  William's  men,  and  there  imprisoned,  for 
attending  upon  Dacre.     [3^  pages.] 

June  11.  27.  The  Council  to  Sir  Thos.  Leighton.  John  de  Vic  being 
Jersey.  gent  by  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of  Jersey,  to  complain  of  the  arrest  of 
certain  French  ships  there,  the  case  was  referred  to  the  Attorney 
and  Solicitor  General,  and  the  Judge  of  the  Admiralty,  who  called 
before  them  Richard  Wigmore,  sent  by  Sir  Thomas  Leighton  and 
de  Vic,  to  ask  what  was  the  ancient  usage.  They  also  asked 
the  opinion  of  Sir  Amias  Paulet,  who  said  that  all  merchant 
strangers  have  been  from  time  to  time  received  in  the  islands  of 
Jersey  and  Guernsey,  free  from  arrest  of  lives,  ships,  and  goods. 
And  as  to  expedience,  seeing  that  it  is  well  known  what  benefit 
the  crowns  of  England  and  France  receive  in  time  of  hostility, 
by  the  neutrality  of  the  isles  as  a  place  of  common  vent,  their 
privileges,  grounded  upon  the  same,  should  be  maintained. 

Therefore  all  the  ships  and  goods  of  the  French  lately  arrested  by 
him  should  be  released,  provided  the  French  release  those  belonging 
to  the  isle  arrested  by  them.  Yet  as  strangers  trading  thither  in 
time  of  hostility  should  have  the  licence  of  the  captain  of  the  isle 
they  think  that  upon  like  restraint  or  other  cause  of  unkindness, 
notice  should  be  given  to  those  concerned,  that  they  might  ask  his 
licence.     [1^  pages,  copy.']    Annexing, 

27.  I.  "  The  commodities  ensuing  of  the  trade  of  Tnerchandise  in 
the  isles  of  Jersey  and  Guernsey,  this  war  time  "  : — 

The  islands  being  weak,  and  only  inhabited  by  poor 
labourers  and  fishermen,  have  been  freed  from  inva- 
sions by  this  intercourse  of  merchandise. 

The  Queen  gains  a  good  sum  yearly  by  the  custonrbs 
on  cloths,  kerseys,  tiuj  a/nd  lead  exported  thither,  and  by 
linen  and  French  wares  i/mported  thence  to  England. 

The  inhabitants  gain,  by  obtaining  necessaries,  by  the 
money  spent  among  them  by  merchants,  and  by  the 


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1587.  Vot.XXX. 

profits  in  petty  customs  to  the  captains  of  both  isles, 
towards  supporting  their  charges,  which  are  doubled 
in  time  of  war. 

Intelligence  is  thus  gained  of  the  state  of  affairs  in 
France,  more  full  than  they  gain  of  us,  for  they  have 
more  intelligence  by  Flanders  from,  London  than  from 
hence.  The  merchants  cause  no  danger,  for  they  are 
unarmed,  and  there  are  more  English  than  French. 

The  broad  cloths  of  the  West  parts  of  England,  which 
are  such  as  cam,  only  be  sold  in  Normandy  and  Brittany, 
are  disposed  of. 

The  realm  is  furnished  with  dowlas,  buckrams,  pol- 
davies,  and  other  Breton  cloths,  and  Normandy  canvas, 
in  exchange  for  our  merchandise. 

Our  merchants  gain,  our  vessels  and  mariners  are 
employed,  and    our    navy    maintained.      [2   pages."] 
Also, 

"  TJie  damages  and  discommodities  by  the  disorder  of 
the  said  trade  of  merchandise  used  in  the  isles," — 

The  French  King  aoid  his  subjects  receive  great  profit 
by  that  intercourse  of  inerchandise,  English  goods  are 
abased,  and  French  wares  advanced  in  price.  Thus 
the  English  merchants  selling  to  a  loss  have  to  raise 
the  price  of  linens  and  French  wares  imported  by  them, 
causing  a  dearth  of  them. 

The  English  merchants  now  import  more  than  they 
export,  whereby  gold  and  silver  are  carried  away,  and 
the  Queen  loses  the  customs  which  would  arise  from  the 
goods  transported.  [1  page.]  Also, 
"  The  causes  and  occasions  of  these  foresaid  promised 
mischiefs,  and  the  remedies  of  the  same"  to  similar  effect. 
{Pages  4-11  m  a  booh  of  11  written,  and  5  blank  pages^ 

June  11.        28.  Copy  of  the  preceding  letter.     [1%  pages.] 

June  14.  29.  J.  Wolley  to  Thomas  Wilkes,  one  of  the  Council  in  the  Low 
The  Court.  Countries.  Thanks  for  your  tidings  of  that  poor  country,  which 
seems  to  stand  on  hard  terms,  and  worse  than  it  was  Avhen  you  wrote 
before.  Although  the  matter  is  dangerous,  yet  it  has  done  this  good, 
to  awake  us  out  of  our  sleep,  and  to  hasten  away  my  Lord  of 
Leicester,  with  men  and  money  for  relief  of  that  place,  if  help 
be  not  too  late.  Upon  the  good  success  of  Sir  Francis  Drake, 
whereof  you  have  heard,  we  are  busy  here  getting  12  or  13  ships 
ready  to  go  and  relieve  him,  of  which  my  Lord  of  Cumberland  is 
named  general.  We  hope  to  meet  with  some  of  the  Indian  treasure, 
to  help  to  feed  the  Low  Country  wolves. 

At  my  Lord's  coming,  try  to  satisfy  him  of  some  jealousy  of 
unkindness  conceived  against  you. 

Endorsed  by   Wilkes,  "Mr.  Wolley:  to  seek  to  put  away  the 
jealousy  conceived  of  me  by  the  Earl  of  Leicester."     [1  page^ 

o  2 


212  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1587.  ^°^-  ^^- 

June  17.        SO.  Dr.  John  Dee  to  Sec.  Walsingham.    Having  means  by  Francis 

Trebona  Castle,  Garland  to  Salute  you,  I  request  you  to  continue  your  good  opinion 

thf  ^fero  '°Qf  °^  ™y  fidelity  to  Her  Majesty  and  the  realm.     As  yet  to  render 

Bohemia,     account  of  any  commodity  to  ourselves  or  to  our  countries  reaped 

by  this  peregrination  is  needless,  but  I  trust  more  will  be  glad  of 

our  coming  home  than  were  sorry  of  our  going  abroad.     Though 

I    have   not  heard   from   my   brother,    Mr.   Justice  Young,  since 

May  twelvemonth,  I  hope  that  my  pitiful  case  of  my  books,  and 

other  great  injuries  endured  have,  by  your  favour,  had  some  good 

redress,  and  before  Christmas,  I  trust  to  hear  particulars  thereof 

from  him. 

There  is  nothing  of  importance  here,  but  the  Polish  King's  election, 
and  by  the  time  the  bearer  reaches  England,  the  mysteries  thereof 
will  be  known.  God  has  hitherto  delivered  me  and  my  friends 
here  from  the  Popish  Jesuitical  tyranny  against  us,  and  will,  I  trust, 
bring  us  safe  home  again.  Remember  me  to  your  good  lady,  and 
your  daughter.  Lady  Sydney.     [1  page."] 

July  3.  31.  Petition  of  John  Terell  of  Trewardreth,  co.  Cornwall,  to  the 

Queen.  John  Pendarvas,  gent.,  being  seized  in  his  demesne  as  of 
fee  of  one  moiety  of  Tredwardreth  manor,  at  a  Court  two  years 
since,  for  Hi.  fine  then  agreed  on  between  them,  promised  to  convey 
to  petitioner,  and  to .  John  Bersey  and  Rich.  Bersey,  the  younger, 
sons  of  Rich.  Bersey,  for  the  term  of  their  lives,  his  part  of  a  close 
called  the  Bremble  Park,  with  its  water,  and  the  pasture  of  the 
wood  close  in  which  the  wood  stands,  all  lately  in  occupation  of 
Hen.  Colquite,  deceased,  and  parcel  of  the  said  manor,  together 
with  a  reasonable  and  convenient  way  in  and  to  the  same,  yearly 
rent  81.,  with  such  other  covenants  as  were  contained  in  a  lease 
of  another  tenant  of  the'  said  manor.  Three  months  afterwards, 
petitioner  paid  Pendarvas  the  81.  in  open  court,  and  received  an 
acquittance  ;  but  although  petitioner  then  and  since  has  tendered 
the  lease  to  him,  and  desired  him  to  seal  and  deliver  it,  he  has  always 
refused.  Begs  a  writ  of  privy  seal  for  him  to  appear  in  the  Court 
of  Requests  to  answer  to  the  premises.  Signed  by  Wm.  Bastard. 
[Parchment] 

Endorsed  with  an  order  granting  the  petition,  signed  R.  Rokeby. 

July  11.  32.  Thomas  Egerton,  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Merchant  Ad- 
London,  venturers'  Company,  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  governor's  ship, 
called  the  Susan  Ann  Parnell,  of  London,  which  wafted  him  and 
Mr.  Fletcher,  with  our  ships  laden  with  cloth,  to  Hamburg  and 
Emden,  and  is  now  to  waft  over  our  next  ships  to  Emden,  and  go 
thence  to  Hamburg,  to  bring  back  the  Governor  and  Mr.  Fletcher, 
who  stay  her  coming,  and  have  no  other  means  of  returning,  is  now 
pressed  by  my  Lord  Admiral's  officers,  with  other  merchant  ships 
warlike  prepared,  to  go  to  the  southward,  in  Her  Majesty's  service. 
As  this  would  disappoint  the  passage  of  our  next  ships,  as  also  our 
Governor  and  Mr.  Fletcher,  our  Company  beseech  you  to  move  the 
Lord  Admiral  for  the  rele9,se  of  the  said  ship.     [^  page,} 


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July  21.  33.  Cuthbert  Lord  Ogle,  Sir  John  Forster,  Sir  Thos.  Gray, 
Aln^vick.  Ro.  Delaval,  Ra.  Gray,  Fras.  RatcliflF,  Earl  of  Marr,  and  Jas.  Ogle,  to 
Lord  Burghley.  On  6  Nov.  last,  Sir  Cutlibert  Collingwood,  and 
Robert  Clavering,  high  sberiif  of  Northumberland,  with  many  other 
gentlemen,  were  called  to  Newcastle,  to  attend  the  Lord  President  of 
the  North  in  Her  Majesty's  affairs,  and  celebrated  her  ascension,  and 
gave  God  thanks  for  delivering  her  and  the  realm  from  the  wicked 
conspiracies  of  their  traitorous  enemies.  The  sheriff,  accompanied 
with  Sir  Cuthbert,  his  Lady  and  daughter,  and  some  of  their 
servants,  returning  homewards  from  that  service,  were  met  by  Wm. 
Selby  of  Berwick,  and  12  or  13  of  his  associates,  and  notwithstanding 
the  presence  and  petition  of  the  gentlewoman,  or  special  endeavour  of 
the  sheriff,  by  solemn  proclamation  and  other  means,  to  preserve  the 
peace,  they  executed  their  fury  against  Sir  Cuthbert,  by  murdering 
Wm.  Clavering,  our  late  kinsman.  By  the  delay  of  justice,  deeming 
to  escape  the  due  punishment,  they  colour  their  bloodshed  with 
terms  of  accident,  and  nothing  has  more  disquieted  the  country,  or 
bred  more  deadly  dissension,  than  impunity  or  dangerous  delay  of  the 
execution  of  justice  upon  such  outrageous  malefactors,  amongst 
whom  never  any,  in  our  memory,  committed  force  with  like  contempt 
of  law.  We  pray  your  furtherance  for  expediting  justice  in  this 
great  cause.     [1  sheet.] 

July  26.  34.  Brief  of  payments  to  Sir  John  Norris,  Richard  Huddlestone, 
Sir  Thos.  Sherley,  and  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  for  the  army,  and  for 
services  in  the  Low  Countries,  from  the  commencement  of  the  war 
to  27  July  1587.  Total,  267,956?.  10s.  lOd.  [3  pages,  noted  and 
endorsed  by  Burghley.] 

July?  35.  Petition  of   Louis  Sanard,  factor    for  Mighel    de  Bois   and 

Fernandes  de  Quintanadoines,  Lord  of  Brittany,  and  divers  other 
merchants  of  Rouen,  to  Council,  for  compensation  for  the  loss  of 
his  ship  and  goods.  Sir  Thos.  Leighton,  captain  of  Guernsey,  in 
February  last,  sent  a  number  of  soldiers  and  others  abroad  the  Grey- 
hound of  Newhaven,  which  put  in  there  tlu'ough  stress  of  weatlier, 
and  was  bound  from  Malaga  to  Newhaven,  with  merchandise  valued 
at  12,000  crowns;  they  took  possession  of  the  said  ship,  and  John 
Herbert,  the  master,  and  others,  going  on  shore  to  speak  to  the 
said  captain,  were  detained  prisoners,  and  the  French  mariners  in 
the  ship  forcibly  expelled,  leaving  behind  all  they  had  therein, 
and  sent  away  to  France  without  any  relief,  being  driven  to  beg 
their  bread  on  the  way.  The  Captain  of  Guernsey,  nothing  regarding 
the  sentence  of  the  justices  of  Guernsey  for  restitution  of  the  said 
ship,  unloaded  her,  and  sent  the  goods  into  various  places  of  England, 
disposed  of  the  residue,  and  prohibited,  upon  pain  of  death,  the 
master  or  owners,  going  to  France  or  England,  or  sending  any  letters, 
lest  they  should  sue  for  recovery. 

Petitioner,  having  got  away  from  the  isle  in  May  last,  came 
to  England,  and  presented  a  petition  to  the  Council,  whereupon 
they  granted  him  letters  of  assistance,  and  a  commission  from  the 


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Aug.  24. 

Berwick. 


Aug.  29, 
Middleburg. 


Vol.  XXX. 

Admiralty  Court  for  the  recoveiy  of  the  ship  and  goods,  where- 
with he  returned  to  Guernsey,  but  could  only  find  of  his  merchandise 
to  the  value  of  240  crowns.  To  learn  where  the  rest  was,  he  re- 
quested the  justices  of  the  isle  to  examine  several  persons  who  were 
present  at  the  unloading  and  sale,  and  himself  drew  the  interro- 
gatories for  their  examination,  and  delivered  them  to  the  justice, 
after  being  approved  by  Louis  Denis,  attorney-general  there. 

This  attorney,  being  also  one  of  the  examinates,  was  warned  before 
the  justice,  and  upon  appearing,  he  willed  petitioner  to  subscribe  his 
name  to  the  articles,  which  he  did,  whereupon  the  attorney  requested 
to  have  the  interrogatories  for  24  hours  to  consider,  when  he  would 
bring  his  answer  in  writing,  which  was  granted,  although  he  had 
heretofore  perused  them.  He  then  asked  petitioner  what  he  meant 
by  the  following  title  of  the  said  articles,  "  Merchandizes  deprede^s 
et  gaste^s  et  decippe^s  par  le  Sieur  Gouverneur,"  to  which  peti- 
tioner answered  that  he  construed  those  words  thus,  "  Merchandises 
made  away,  unladen  by  night,  wetted,  rotted,  spoiled,  and  dispersed 
in  sundry  ways  by  the  said  Captain  and  his  servants ; "  but  the 
attorney  went  and  showed  it  to  the  Captain  of  Guernsey,  who  con- 
strued himself  to  be  grievously  injured  therein,  although  petitioner 
protested  before  the  justice,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  said  Captain, 
that  he  never  meant  it  to  be  injurious  to  him,  or  to  be  so  con- 
strued by  him,  it  being  rather  to  his  interest  to  procure  the  Captain's 
good  will  and  favour.  Nevertheless,  he  continued  to  give  petitioner 
many  outrageous  speeches,  and  threatened  that  he  should  be  dealt 
with  in  such  a  manner  as  was  not  decent  for  a  man  of  his  calling 
to  utter ;  he  thereupon  detained  petitioner  as  a  prisoner  for  three 
weeks,  and  now  has  sent  him  up  to  the  Council,  in  the  custody  of 
one  of  the  officers  of  the  said  isle,  as  a  malefactor  or  villain.  As 
petitioner  has  lost  his  principal  goods  in  a  free  place,  against  all 
equity  and  justice,  and  not  on  the  seas  by  pirates,  and  has  spent 
1501.  within  these  five  months  in  attempting  to  recover  them,  he  re- 
quests an  absolute  answer,  so  that  he  may  return  home,  and  spend  no 
more  time  in  the  matter,     [f  sheet,  endorsed  by  Burghley,  damaged.] 

36.  Sir  John  Selby  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  I  enclose  a  letter  from 
Roger  Aston.  I  perceive,  by  those  from  my  brother,  Capt.  Selby, 
that  you  will  be  a  means  to  my  Lord  President,  for  compounding 
the  controversies  between  Sir  Cuthbert  Collingwood,  Mr.  Clavering, 
and  me  and  my  friends.  I  am  more  beholden  to  you  than  I  can 
deserve  or  requite.     [|  page.] 

37.  William  Thomas  to  Sec,  Walsingham,  It  is  five  years  since 
Sir  Philip  Sydney  preferred  my  suit  to  you,  touching  my  bill  for  a 
bailiwick ;  pray  have  me  in  remembrance,  especially  being  here  in 
service  witli  his  Excellency.  Upon  my  last  going  over  with  my 
Lord,  you  willed  Mr.  Ferdinando  to  put  you  in  mind  thereof,  but  I 
understand  the  bill,  which  Mr.  Thos.  Lake  once  had  in  his  keeping, 
cannot  be  found.  It  would  hinder  me  if  it  was  lost ;  it  was  some 
trouble  to  procure,  as  I  had  my  Lord  Treasurer's  warrant  for  the 


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Sept.  13. 

Huusdon. 


Vol.  XXX. 

particulars,  besides  my  Lord's  letters  to  the  Attorney  General,  who 
drew  the  bill  first  with  his  own  hand,  had  a  copy  made,  signed  it, 
and  wrote  a  postscript  that  it  was  to  be  allowed,  whereby  Her 
Majesty  should  have  no  doubts  about  signing  it. 

I  have  always  been  ready  to  serve  any  of  your  servants  in  pro- 
curing their  suits  to  my  Lord,  and  some  have  either  got  their  suit, 
or  some  direct  answer,  but  I  could  never  get  any  of  yours  to  put 
you  in  mind  of  my  poor  biU.  I  hope  that  as  you  have  promised  to 
do  it,  you  will  find  some  time  for  Her  Majesty  to  sign  it. 

P.S.— I  have  had  such  contrary  answers  from  your  men  when  I 
demanded  the  bill,  that  unless  you  give  order  for  a  search  to  be 
made  for  it,  I  shall  still  be  delayed.     [1  page.'] 

38.  Henry  Lord  Hunsdon  to  Lord  Burghley.  Sundry  of  this 
country  are  greatly  grieved  that  the  complaint  of  some  of  this 
country,  who  maintain  none  but  rogues  for  driving  their  malt 
horses,  are  like  to  prevail  to  put  down  the  course  of  the  passage 
by  water,  which  has  stood  this  country  and  Essex  in  very  great 
charge,  whereof  I  have  paid  my  part,  though  the  least  of  a  great 
number.  I  hope  Mr.  Wrathe's  procurement  of  aU  these  complaints 
for  his  private  gain,  who  has  therein  already  dealt  very  lewdly, 
shall  not  prevail  so  quickly,  without  further  consideration,  against 
an  Act  of  Parliament,  and  a  matter  so  long  in  consultation  be  re- 
voked so  suddenly.  It  were  better  Mr.  Wrathe's  mills  were  pulled 
down,  and  he  drowned  in  one  of  them,  than  that  this  Act  of 
Parliament  should  be  overthrown,  which  cannot  be  done  without 
another  to  revoke  it.  If  Robert  Wrathe  deal  thus  insolently, 
choking  the  river  with  stakes  to  overthrow  boats,  before  he  may 
lawfully  do  it,  let  him  take  heed  that  some  wilful  fellows  do  not 
pull  down  his  mills  likewise,  without  law,  though  they  receive 
punishment  for  it. 

I  write  you  because  j'ou  know  how  beneficial  this  carriage  by 
water  is  to  the  whole  country,  and  how  it  touches  only  the  benefit 
of  Mr.  "Wrathe's  mills,  and  some  few  others,  and  the  maintenance  of 
a  few  rogues  and  idle  persons  that  drive  their  horses,  which  will 
serve  for  no  other  use.  I  have  reserved  the  200?.  you  sent  me  by  my 
servant  Horsman,  and  as  soon  as  I  arrive  there,  I  will  send  you  the 
captains'  and  officers'  names,  and  all  other  things  you  wrote  of. 
[1  page.] 

39.  Account,  by  Sir  Simon  Musgrave,  Ordnance  Keeper  in  the 
North  parts,  of  ordnance,  munition,  &c.  received  out  of  the  Tower  for 
Berwick,  Newcastle,  and  the  North  parts,  from  20  March  1584  to 
Michaelmas  1587 ;  with  particulars  as  to  who  received  the  same,  the 
purposes  for  which  it  was  applied,  and  how  much  now  remains  in 
store.     [9i  pages,  endorsed  by  Burghley.] 

Oct.  1.  40.  M[argaret]  H[ills]  to  her  Uncle.     The  tree  was  cut  down  to 

Tuesday,      make  a  door,  &c.  to  the  bam,   which  was  so  needful,  that  before 

we  stood  doubtful  lest  anyone  came  in  at  night,    which  couldeasily 

have  been  done ;  and  besides  that,  we  cannot  make  an  end  of  repair- 


Sept.  29. 


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1587.  VOL.  XXX. 

ing  the  roof  before  new  doors  are  in  ;  if  it  was  cut  -without  your 
knowledge,  it  is  otherwise  than  I  thought.  I  request  to  know 
whether  the  two  workmen  which  my  husband  hired  shall  make  the 
doors,  fee,  and  if  your  pleasure  be  to  the  contrary,  I  will  not  meddle 
with  it  until  my  husband  comes  home,  when  I  hope  you  will  find 
him  such  that  there  will  be  no  cause  for  strife. 

P.S. — My  husband  has  never  carried  anything  from  the  house,  but 
has  brought  a  number  from  his  own  land  to  help  in  reparations,  as 
wiU  appear  on  his  coming  home,  until  which  time  I  hope  to  be  in 
friendly  communication  with  you.     [1  page,  daTnaged.'] 

Oct.  1.  41.  Horatio  Palavicino  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  send  you  three 

My  house,  lebters  from  Signor  Masin  del  Bene,  two  for  the  Queen,  and  one  for 
yourself.  I  think  tliem  all  superfluous.  You  will  do  as  you  please 
.about  presenting  them.     [^  page,  Italian.] 

1587? 

Oct.  8.  42.  Roberb  Earl  of  Leicester  to  the  Queen.     A  grievous  accord  it 

Fromjonr  has  showed  the  heavens  had  made,  for  so  sharp  a  scourge  to  light 
rKeuiiw°^hl  ^P°^  V'^'^^  earthly  travellers,  my  gracious  Lady,  but  more  bitter  was 
it  when  it  appears  they  have  fulfilled  your  displeasure,  procured  from 
your  sweet  self,  whose  nature  has  always  abhorred  so  sore  revenge ; 
but  if  you  it  were  that  hath  borne  tliat  high  sway  to  cause  the 
celestial  places  to  obey  your  will,  we  may  not  wonder  to  see  all 
earthly  creatures  so  far  at  your  devotion.  No  doubt  they  have 
prepared  a  blessed  place  for  you,  but  cursed  should  they  be  if  they 
would  seek  to  bereave  you  from  those  that  here  hold  you  so  dear. 
Well  pleased  I  am  that  they  strive  who  loves  you  most,  so  they  let 
you  dwell  still  with  them  that  I  believe  will  never  be  weary  of  your 
continuance  among  them,  with  which  condition  we,  who  lately  felt 
the  punishment  of  your  stormy  clouds,  would  gladly  suffer  a  greater 
smart,  to  have  again  the  fair  show  of  our  blessed  sun,  whose  beams 
giveth  both  life  and  light ;  and  so  appealing  from  the  old  hag's 
prophecy,  I  will  pray  for  this  felicity,  that  we  may  only  enjoy  this 
our  shining  joy  to  be  our  lasting  light.  Amen. 

For  sending  so  far,  most  sweet  Lady,  to  know  how  your  poor 
eyes,*  doth,  I  am  unworthy  to  give  thanks,  only  as  you  have  sent 
to  a  creature  wholly  of  your  own  making,  so  are  you  to  have  your 
fuU  offer  of  him  that  is  a  double  bondman  ;  and  no  longer  will  he 
have  life  than  it  shall  be  found  most  true ;  which  having  offered 
already  once  for  all,  have  no  more  sacrifice  left,  but  the  due  obli- 
gations which  shall  never  fail,  and  I  trust  will  be  acceptable  in  the 
sight  of  the  Highest,  to  whose  most  gracious  goodness  I  humbly  and 
most  faithfuUj'-  recommend  both  life  and  service.  [1  page.] 
1857. 

Oct.  2.         43.  Robert  Ardern  to  Lord  Burghley.    After  much  travail  and 
Utrecht,      danger,  I  have  issued    the  proportion  of  victuals  I  received  from 
James  Quarles,  victualler  of  the  navy,  last  June,  which   I   trans- 
ported to  Sluys  in  Flanders ;  but  the  haven  being  stopped  before 

*  A  pair  of  eyes  is  put  to  signify  the  word. 


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my  arriva],  I  have  been  able,  with  the  help  of  his  Excellency  my 
Lord  here,  to  dispose  of  them.  Although  I  could  not  utter  it  so 
that  Her  Majesty  might  be  a  saver,  yet  you  and  the  Council  will 
find  that  I  have  discharged  my  duty,  in  respect  of  tlie  excessive 
prices  the  same  were  charged  to  me,  as  likewise  the  time  of  the 
year  the  beer  was  brewed,  &c.,  as  also  the  cheese,  which  was  so 
new  that  great  loss  ensued.  Tlie  salt  which  was  delivered  at 
Lisbon  was  but  Burwage,  but  one-half  the  price,  and  the  vinegar 
delivered  for  wine  vinegar,  being  made  of  beer,  one-half  the  price. 

I  have  husbanded  as  well  as  in  me  lay,  and  desire  that  Quarles 
and  Mr.  Peter  for  Mr.  Bashe  may  be  acquainted  therewith,   and 
that  Her  Majesty  be  not  surcharged,  but  that  they  which  reap 
the  gain  may  bear  the  loss,  which  they  may  do  and  reap  a  large 
profit.      I  have  had    exclamations  from  the  soldiers  of  the  great 
prices  and   badness  of  the  victuals,  and    the    deceits  in  the  beef, 
both  in  the  weight,  which  should  have  been  two  pounds  a  piece, 
but  which  was  generally  but  one  pound  or  less,  and  likewise  where 
the   hogsheads    should   have   contained  230  pieces,   there  wanted 
more  or    less,  every  piece    being  charged  to  me   at  Q^d.     I  have 
uttered  of  these  victuals  to  the  captains  in  Her  Majesty's  pay  to 
the  amount  of  6S91.  17s.  lOfcZ.,  besides  151.  9s.  4<d.  to  the  navy,  as 
appears  by  the  book  sent  herewith,  a  copy  of  which  I  have  delivered 
to  Sir  Thomas  Sherley,  the  treasurer  here,  that  it  may  be  defalked 
upon  their    pay.     The  four   other  particulars  mentioned   therein, 
amounting  to  Bil.  9s.  2^d.,  Mr.  Treasurer  will  not  defalk,  because 
they  are  not  contained  in  his  lists  of  the  number  that  bave  come 
over  this  year,  although  they  have  all  this  time  been  imprested  of 
Her  Majesty's  treasure,  &c.     I  want  your  letter  to  him  that  he  may 
receive  the  biUs  which  I  have,  and  to  indent  with  me  therefor,  so 
as  to  be  a  warrant  upon  my  account ;   also  directions  what  to  do 
now,  as  I  cannot  depart  before  he  receive  the  bills  and  indent  with 
me ;  and  if  neither  you  nor  his  Excellency  have  further  employ- 
ment for  me  in  these  parts,  I  would  gladly  return. 

I  have  of  your  gift  the  office  of  collector  of  the  revenues  of  the 
dissolved  monasteries  of  Newminster,  Alnwick,  and  Tynemouth 
Abbeys  in  Northumberland,  and  the  revenue  of  the  Crown  in 
Berwick,  which  I  have  discharged  the  last  10  years ;  nevertheless 
one  Felton,  an  attorney-at-law,  three  years  since  procured  a 
grant  from  you  of  part  of  my  said  collection,  viz.,  the  bailiwick  of 
North  Shields,  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  Tynemouth,  by  which 
grant  he  has  sequestered  me,  and  taken  from  the  Earl  of  North- 
berland,  then  captain  of  Tynemouth,  the  anchorage  and  other 
profits.  It  then  pleased  you,  after  examination  of  the  cause,  to 
command  Mr.  Morley,  Allen  King,  then  the  Earl's  man,  and  me, 
being  the  messengers  from  you,  to  call  for  Felton's  patent  granted 
during  pleasure,  and  to  cancel  it,  But  by  means  of  my  absence 
in  these  parts  last  Michaelmas  12  months,  Felton,  at  the  audit  at 
Newcastle,  brought  his  patent  .to  the  auditors,  and  has  stayed  the 
fee  of  40s.  a  year,  which  still  rests  in  the  Receiver's  hands ;  and  as 
he  means  to  stay  it  this  year,  I  beseech  your  letters  to  Sir  Thomas 


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Oct.  24 


Nov.  4. 

Sledwick. 


Dec.  3. 


Dec.  3. 

Whalley. 


Vol.  XXX. 

Sheiiey  for  the  indent,  and  to  Mr,  Spencer  the  auditor,  and  John 
Clopton  the  receiver,  that  Felton's  patent  may  be  called  in,  and 
I  answered  my  arrears  according  to  your  former  direction.  I  have 
desired  the  bearer,  John  AUen,  Sir  Fras.  Walsingham's  man,  to 
procure  your  directions  concerning  Felton,  and  have  them  conveyed 
to  me  and  Auditor  Spencer.     [1 J  pages.] 

44).  List  of  18  ships  belonging  to  Newcastle  in  the  river  there, 
with  the  names  of  their  owners  and  masters,  and  the  tonnage  and 
number  of  men  in  each.     Total  tons,  1,51 5  ;  men,  126.     [1:^  pages.'] 

45.  John  Clopton,  receiver  of  Northumberland,  to  Lord  Burghley. 
According  to  your  letters  of  4  Oct.,  I  delivered  200?.  to  the  mayor 
of  Newcastle,  with  help  of  friends,  for  the  Lord  Chamberlain  to  pay 
the  soldiers  levied  for  the  Borders,  and  when  at  Newcastle  on  the 
22nd  for  the  audit,  it  was  still  in  his  hands. 

Now  that  the  audit  is  ended,  I  think  it  meet  to  signify  that  we 
have  had  very  ill  payment  in  Northumberland,  for  divers  collectors 
of  Riddesdale  and  others  near  the  Borders  never  appeared  to  account 
or  pay.  Mr.  Chator  and  I  were  at  Newcastle  at  the  time  of  the 
audit,  touching  our  comraissiou  from  Mr.  Fanshaw's  office  for  in- 
quiring into  old  debts,  but  could  have  no  appearance  for  a  jury, 
nor  of  gentlemen  specially  warned  to  be  there,  so  that  we  could  do 
little  good. 

The  revenue  of  the  bishopric  of  Durham  and  Richmondshire  is 
well  answered,  save  a  few  who  will  pay  before  Chris.tmas,  so  that 
I  trust,  upon  coming  up  at  Candlemas,  to  make  good  account  thereof, 
as  also  of  most  of  Northumberland,  except  a  few  near  the  Borders, 
who  have  been  spoiled  by  the  Scots. 

As  the  time  for  the  bishopric  audit  is  at  hand,  and  as  you  gave 
directions  to  Mr.  Calvei'ley  that  the  bishop's  officers  should  continue 
in  their  places,  I  desire  your  letter  to  Mr.  Bath,  the  bishop's  auditor, 
to  appoint  the  clerk  of  the  receipt  of  the  Exchequer  of  Durham  to 
pay  me,  at  the  audit,  that  portion  which  I  receive  half  yearly  of 
the  bishop,  towards  the  pay  of  Berwick,  which  is  440Z. ;  to  make 
it  up  5001.  for  the  half  year,  I  receive  601.  for  Norham  and  the 
fishing  belonging  to  it,  for  the  half  year.  Also  to  deliver  me  the 
balance  of  the  bishop's  revenue  remaining  in  the  receiver's  hands, 
to  be  brought  up  to  London,  or  paid  where  you  shall  appoint  by  a 
letter  to  be  sent  to  me  at  Darlington.  [1;^  pages,  endorsed  by 
Burghley.] 

46.  Note  of  horse  and  foot  to  be  provided  out  of  cos.  Derby, 
Stafford,  Lancaster,  Chester,  Salop,  Notts,  Leicester,  Rutland,  and 
Lincoln,  for  succour  of  an  army  to  be  sent  to  the  North,  under 
Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  lieutenant-general  in  the  North  ;  with 
the  names  of  the  Lord  Lieutenants  of  the  above  counties.     [|  page^ 

4f7.  Edward  Bradell.  to  Lord  Burghley  and  Sir  Walter  Mildmay. 
My  brother  Clopton  and  I  received  your  letter  for  payment  of 
S581.  IBs.  4d  to   the  mayor  of  Newcastle,  for   maintaining  Her 


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Newcastle. 


Dec.  3. 

Sledwick. 


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Majesty's  service  upon  the  Borders  ;  I  have  paid  my  brother  200Z., 
and  will  send  him  400Z.  by  16  January,  which  is  as  much  as  I 
can  do,  because,  for  the  safe  carriage  and  more  certain  payment,  I 
delivered  the  greatest  part  the  last  audit  to  clothiers,  drovers,  &c., 
to  be  paid  in  London  on  6th  February.  There  are  some  tenths, 
rents  covenanted  by  leases  without  forfeiture,  &c.,  due  by  divers 
noblemen  and  others,  &c.,  that  I  cannot  get  in  before  my  account, 
which  is  some  hindrance,     [f  page.] 

48.  Edward  Lewen,  mayor  of  Newcastle,  to  Lord  Burghley. 
Before  your  letter  came,  I  had  received  at  divers  times  from 
Mr.  Clopton  856L  3s.  id.,  and  paid  over  by  warrant  from  the  Lord 
Chamberlain,  2021.  to  Lord  Scrope  and  Capt.  Knap,  and  by  direction 
from  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  971. 10s.  to  Captains  Bellasise,  Bestow, 
and  Ellerker,  for  coat  and  conduct  money  ;  the  rest  I  have  ready  to 
pay  as  the  Lord  Chamberlain  shall  appoint.  Neither  I  nor  the  sheriff 
have  any  money  to  pay  Her  Majesty,  and  Sir  Eras.  Walsingham 
has  the  Custom  House  in  farm  ;  it  would  do  him  a  pleasure  to  have 
it  allowed  there,  and  his  deputies  to  deliver  it  to  her  ;  I  know  not 
the  sum.     [f  page.] 

49.  John  Clopton  to  Lord  Burghley  and  Sir  Walter  Mildmay. 
Upon  receipt  of  yours  for  payment  of  money  at  Newcastle,  I  sent 
to  my  brother  Bradell,  and  went  myself  to  Newcastle,  and  there, 
by  virtue  of  my  Lord  of  Huntingdon's  letter  to  Mr.  Anderson, 
delivered  him  97^.  10s.  for  the  coat  and  conduct  money  of  the  300 
soldiers  who  entered  Newcastle  on  19  and  20  Nov.,  and  also  paid 
the  Mayor  6581.  13s.  4d,  and  Bradell  has  sent  200?.,  which  is  also 
paid  him ;  so  that  the  whole  sum  contained  in  your  letter  is  dis- 
charged, viz.,  971. 10s.  for  coat  and  conduct  money,  and  858?.  13s.  id. 
for  the  pay  of  the  soldiers,  which  will  serve  until  January.  The  other 
200Z.  he  has  paid  to  my  Lord  Chamberlain,  for  the  pay  of  the  first 
200  soldiers,  and  has  returned  his  Lordship's  bill  for  it. 

You  ask  what  more  money  we  can  pay  over.  Before  the  receipt 
of  your  letter,  I  had  delivered  over  most  of  my  charge,  by  way  of 
exchange,  to  clothiers  and  drovers,  to  be  paid  in  London  4  Feb.,  as 
it  woTild  be  dangerous  to  leave  all  to  be  brought  up  with  me  ;  but 
there  is  a  good  portion  yet  to  receive  ;  part  is  in  Northumberland, 
which  I  doubt  will  not  be  paid,  by  reason  of  the  spoils  done  by  the 
Scots  upon  the  Borders.  I  trust  to  have  600?.  ready  by  12  January, 
and  Bradell  400?.  by  the  16th,  and  there  will  be  the  Bishop's  rents 
of  about  600?.  If  you  direct  the  Bishop's  auditor  that  the  receivers 
of  those  lands  may  pay  their  money  over  to  me  or  to  the  mayor,  it 
will  satisfy  the  500  soldiers  two  months'  pay  more,  and  one  month 
more  for  the  200  that  came  first,  who  had  served  a  month  and 
14  days  before  the  last  300  came ;  so  this  will  serve  them  aU  until 
20  March. 

I  also  desire  your  letters  to  the  executors  of  the  Bishop  of 
Durham,  for  120?.  behind  of  the  300?.  that  should  have  been  paid 
to  me  last  May,  towards  my  pay  to  Berwick,  for  the  first  half  year, 


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Dec.  7. 

Newcastle. 


Dec.  12. 

Sledwick, 


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and  which  my  Lord  promised  to  pay  at  the  assizes  last  August,  and 
the  executors  since.     [1^  pages.'] 

60.  John  Clopton  to  Lord  Burghley.  I  have  already  certified 
you  that  the  800  soldiers  entered  Newcastle  on  1 9  and  20  Nov. ; 
that  I  was  there  on  the  16th,  before  they  arrived,  and  paid 
Mr.  Anderson  of  Newcastle,  for  coat  and  conduct  money,  971.  10s., 
and  also  told  the  Mayor  that  Bradell  and  I  were  to  pay  him 
858?.  13s.  4c?.,  and  left  him  80?.  towards  it,  which  was  all  I  could 
then  spare,  as  I  had  to  make  up  2,000?.  to  the  Treasurer  of  Berwick, 
for  my  Michaelmas  pay. 

That  on  the  25th,  I  sent  the  Mayor  as  much  as  made  up 
558?.  13s.  4c?.,  and  Bradell  having  sent  me  30  Nov.,  200?.,  I  for- 
warded that  with  another  TOO?.,  which  made  up  858?.  13s.  4d,  so 
that  all  was  with  the  Mayor  before  any  was  due  to  the  soldiers ; 
for  the  200  men  that  first  came  were  paid  their  month's  pay  due 
the  7th  or  8th  December,  with  the  200?.  that  I  paid  in  October. 
We  also  certified  that  I  should  have  by  12  Jan.,  600?. ;  Bradell,  by 
1 6  Jan.,  400?.,  and  that  600?.  might  be  had  of  the  Bishop's  rents 
by  that  time. 

In  answer  to  your  last,  touching  the  Bishop's  rents  and  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Durham,  I  have  conferred  with  the  Bishop's  auditor 
and  receiver  here,  and  find  that  600?.  may  be  certain,  300?.  presently, 
and  300?.  before  12  Jan. ;  and  if  John  Gates,  receiver  of  the  Bishop's 
rents  of  Howdenshire,  have  his  charge  ready,  which  they  doubt 
of,  it  might  be  200?.  more.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  will  have  to 
pay  for  the  subsidy  money,  200?. ;  100?.  before  Christmas,  and 
the  other  100?.  shortly  after,  and  that  is  all  they  have  to  pay ;  so 
that  all  to  be  had  here  will  be  1,800?.  or  2,000?.,  but  at  present 
there  can  only  be  had  600?.,  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  will  require 
your  letter  that  my  acquittance  may  be  their  discharge.  They 
offered  me  200?.  this  week,  but  I  desire  your  letter,  as  also  one  to 
John  Bath,  the  auditor,  that  the  receivers  may  pay  the  remains 
of  their  charge  to  me,  and  that  my  acquittance  may  be  their  dis- 
charge, so  that  the  auditor  may  certify  against  my  account  what  is 
paid  to  me.  As  for  the  tenths  of  the  diocese  of  Durham,  due  last 
Christmas,  the  Bishop's  executors  will  pay  nothing,  but  I  received 
180?.,  parcel  of  the  300?.  due  from  the  Bishop.  For  the  tenths  due 
next  Christmas,  the  executors  should  be  charged  with  half  the 
tenths  of  his  own  lands,  as  he  had  the  first  half  year's  rent,  and 
the  like  for  his  subsidies.  Direct  to  me  at  Darlington.  [3  pages, 
with  marginal  noies  by  Burghley' s  clerk.'] 

51.  Edward  Lewen,  Mayor  of  Newcastle,  to  Lord  Burghley. 
I  have  received  of  Mr.  Clopton  100?.,  and  200?.  of  Mr.  Bradell, 
which  together  make  up  the  858?.  13s.  4c?. ;  and  I  have  it  ready 
to  pay  to  such  person  as  my  Lord  Chamberlain  shall  authorise. 

[i  page.] 

52.  John  Clopton  to  Lord  Burghley.  I  sent  Mr.  Bath,  the 
Bishop's  auditor,  your  letter.     I  have  certified  my  payments  and 


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receipts,  &c.  As  you  desire  me  to  pay  the  companies  appointed  to 
serve  upon  the  Borders,  I  am  staying  here,  otherwise  I  should  have 
gone  southward  to  my  friends  this  Christmas,  and  so  have  come  up 
to  my  accounts.  As  I  am  30  miles  from  Newcastle,  I  think  it  better 
for  the  service  to  lie  at  Newcastle,  but  will  wait  your  directions. 
I  wish  also  to  hearken  for  either  merchant  or  any  other  here  that 
could  carry  up  and  pay  any  money  in  London  next  term,  and  to 
stay  it,  upon  security  to  repay  it  in  London.  If  I  do  not  come  up 
myself,  one  of  my  men  shall  be  there,  to  receive  and  pay  as  cause 
shall  require. 

My  brother  Eradell  is  60  miles  from  me,  and  if  more  be  had 
than  he  has  certified,  I  will  write  him  to  do  the  like  where  he 
dwells,  and  take  up  money  of  his  neighbours  to  be  repaid  in  London. 
I  find  slackness  in  payment  of  money.  I  trust  my  Lord  Lieutenant 
will  come  down,  and  then  I  will  call  the  debtors  before  him.  I  have 
of  the  Bishop's  rent  and  my  own  charge  400?.,  and  hope  within  six 
days  to  make  it  up  600?.,  and  send  it  to  Newcastle,  to  be  left  in  the 
custody  of  the  Mayor  until  further  directions,     [li  pages.] 

Dec.  1 5.  53.  Sir  Edw.  StaflTord  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  stayed  the  bearer. 
Pans.  hoping  to  recover  certain  papers  and  ciphers  taken  in  Gilbert 
Gifford's  chamber  since  he  was  apprehended,  with  an  English 
quean  that  has  given  the  Pope  to  five  or  six,  and  with  Cotton, 
who  said  he  belonged  to  the  Earl  of  Essex,  and  came  over  with 
your  passport,  but  he  never  came  near  me.  I  had  warning  by 
Charles  Arundel  that  there  were  letters  that  Phelippes  wrote  to 
him,  with  his  answers,  as  also  some  ciphers  and  intercepted  let- 
ters in  cipher,  and  deciphered.  I  hear  that  there  were  some  papers 
discovered  of  the  death  of  the  Queen  of  Scots,  and  of  the  appre- 
hension of  the  gentlemen  who  were  executed,  which  they  thought 
to  make  great  profit  of,  to  Her  Majesty's  dishonour. 

I  have  done  what  I  could  to  get  these  papers  into  my  hands,  and 
Arundel  laboured  to  do  so  also,  and  assured  me  on  Friday  that  I 
should  have  them  the  next  day,  or  it  should  cost  him  his  life ;  but 
on  Saturday  he  fell  suddenly  sick,  and  with  |_that  extremity  that  I 
never  saw  the  like,  so  that  I  think  this  Icnave  Paget  and  his  com- 
panions have  poisoned  him ;  for  you.  never  saw  a  man  in  such 
extremity,  he  being  in  a  raving  and  burning  fever,  and  covered 
with  spots.  I  was  with  him  just  now,  and  the  physicians  thought 
it  a  pui'ple  ague,  or  worse,  and  had  given  him  over.  I  hear  that  by 
these  knaves'  means,  the  Vicar-General  to  the  Bishop  of  Kome  has 
laid  his  authority  upon  him,  being  a  priest,  which  makes  me  the 
more  fearful  that  I  shall  not  get  the  papers,  and  hardly  get  him  out, 
but  I  will  spare  no  means.  If  I  can  and  he  will,  I  will  send  him  to 
England,  for  if  he  were  away,  what  letters  soever  were  taken  there 
[could]  be  said  to  be  counterfeit ;  but  if  he  remains  here  to  avow 
them  by  constraint,  they  will  make  their  profit  of  them  greatly. 

They  say  they  have  found  out  that  he  kept  intelligence  with  Her 
Majesty  by  Phelippes'  means.     I  have  set  divers  ways  to  give  him 


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warning  of  the  taking  of  his  papers,  which  as  yet  he  does  not  know, 
as  also  to  keep  his  tongue,  and  not  betray  himself,  as  well  as  to 
see  if  he  had  found  any  means  to  get  away  himself,  and  hope 
to-morrow  some  of  those  I  have  set  about  it  will  speak  with  him ; 
to-day,  being  Christmas-day  here,  it  is  impossible. 

If  God  had  saved  the  poor  gentleman's  life,  I  should  have  done 
well  enough,  but  I  do  not  thmk  he  will  live  until  to-morrow 
morning.  Look  whom  you  trust,  for  without  doubt  it  has  been 
written  hither,  and  those  who  have  written  say  that  they  had  it 
from  you,  that  Arundel  had  a  packet  of  Charles  Paget's  brought 
to  me,  and  that  I  sent  it  you,  and  that  all  I  wrote  of  Paget  and 
Morgan  being  in  an  evil  predicament  with  the  Spanish  ambassador 
was  shown  to  him,  and  he  takes  it  to  be  in  Arundel's  hand.  They 
have  since  hated  him  like  a  toad.  I  pray  God  they  have  not  paid 
him,  as  I  shall  suffer  a  greater  loss  than  I  will  write,  and  such  as 
I  would  be  glad  to  buy  again  for  1 ,000?,  though  1  borrowed  it  of  a 
thousand  men,  for  the  benefit  of  my  service  here-;  but  whatever 
I  write  of  him  or  any  one  else  here,  keep  to  yourself. 

P.S. — Arundel  is  just  dead,  and  I  wish  I  could  have  bought  him 
again,  even  for  a  good  deal  of  money,  for  Her  Majesty's  service 
sake.  He  never  saw  me,  nor  any  of  mine  come  in  but  he  had  still 
in  his  mouth  that  the  Queen  should  know  he  was  an  honest  man, 
and  it  was  the  last  word  he  spoke,  seeing  one  of  mine,  as  he  was 
yielding  up  the  ghost;  and  though  he  raved,  some  think  that 
raving  words  insisted  upon  somewhat  that  he  had  most  in  his  mind, 
and  of  which  I  will  some  day  make  you  perfectly  acquainted,  and 
that  it  was  true  that  I  had  a  great  loss  in  him.     [2;^  pages.l 

Dec.  26.         54.  John  Clopton  to  Lord  Burghley.     I  have  sent  the  letters  to 

Sledwick.      the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham,  the  bishop  and  his  executors, 

my  brother  Bradell,  John  Gates,  receiver  of  Howdenshire,  and  to 

Mr.  Bath,  the  Bishop's  auditor,  for  payment  of  those  sums  I  certified. 

I  hope  2,000?.  or  1,800?.  at  least  will  be  ready. 

When  you  required  the  time  of  the  entry  of  the  soldiers  into  pay, 
as  also  how  much  I  had  paid  for  them,  you  took  it  to  be  only 
1,058?.  13s.  4t^.,  with  the  200?.  received  from  Bradell;  but  I  also 
paid  97?.  10s.  to  Mr.  Anderson  for  coat  and  conduct  money,  and 
480?.  more  to  the  Mayor,  and  there  is  still  200?.  at  Durham  which  - 
shall  also  be  sent  to  him.  The  first  200  soldiers  entered  Newcastle 
on  6  October;  100  were  appointed  to  Carlisle  and  the  remainder  to 
Harbottle.  The  second  300  entered  Newcastle  on  19  and  20  Nov., 
and  were  appointed  to  the  Borders,  from  which  time  I  conceive  they 
entered  into  pay. 

I  understand  from  the  Mayor  that,  by  virtue  of  the  Lord  Cham- 
berlain's warrant,  he  has  paid  to  Capt.  EUerker's  company 
105?.  18s.  8d.  for  a  month's  pay  ending  the  19th  instant,  and  the 
like  for  Capt.  Bellasise's  company,  they  being  of  the  300  that  came 
last.  Thus  the  money  being  all  got  together,  and  left  ready  at 
Newcastle,  which  I  hope  will  be  done  by  20  Jan.,  I  intend  to  set 


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towards  London,  to  my  account.  Let  me  hear  your  pleasure,  that 
if  there  be  any  more  money  to  be  had  here,  I  may  procure  the  stay 
thereof,  and  leave  it  with  the  Mayor  of  Newcastle,  or  otherwise. 
[1^  pages.] 

Dec.  55.  Sir  Edw.  Stafford  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     I  wrote  you  of  the 

taking  of  Gifford  the  priest,  for  whom  I  have  done  what  I  could  to 
help  him  out,  I  did"  not  care  how,  if  he  had  not  discovered  that  I 
offered  him  favour,  and  he  refused  it  himself,  thinking  to  gain  favour, 
and  thereby  save  himself.  If  I  could  have  helped  him,  I  would 
have  spared  nothing,  because  his  examination  and  confession  may 
give  subject  to  Her  Majesty's  enemies  to  procure  a  scandalous  opinion 
to  be  conceived  of  her  and  her  Council,  as  they  mean  to  turn  a  letter 
or  two,  and  especially  one  of  Phelippes'  to  him,  so  as  to  prove  that 
he  was  the  setter  on  of  the  gentlemen  who  were  executed  for  that 
enterprize  of  the  Queen  of  Scots,  and  then  to  discover  them,  and 
that  he  was  practised  to  this  by  you  and  Phelippes,  and  they  would 
fain  have  it  with  Her  Majesty's  knowledge. 

They  have  made  the  Queen-mother  acquainted  with  this,  and  she 
has  commanded  the  lieutenant  to  acquaint  the  King  with  it,  and 
promised  she  would  follow  it,  and  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow  means  to 
enter  into  it,  and  Madam  Montpensier  will  put  fire  to  it,  who  is  the 
devil  of  the  world,  so  that  I  know  not  how  to  deal  in  it ;  for  they 
lie  in  wait  to  see  if  I  do  so,  so  as  to  make  me  a  party,  and  to  have, 
as  the  Queen's  minister,  intelligence  with  him  in  those  causes,  so  as 
to  make  the  matter  more  odious. 

He  has  shown  himself  the  most  notable  treble  villain  that  ever 
lived,  for  he  has  played  upon  all  the  hands  in  the  world ;  I  have 
sent  you  copies  of  his  answers,  of  which  I  have  the  originals, 
whereby  you  may  see  how  vilely  he  dealt  with  me,  to  say  that  the 
billet  was  safe,  and  yet  by  word  of  mouth,  sent  me  word  that  it 
was  burnt,  when  it  was  shown  me  by  one  that  gave  me  warning 
before  his  letter  came  to  me,  that  I  should  receive  such  a  letter 
from  him,  demanding  me  to  send  Grimston,  or  somebody  to  him,  to 
get  him  a  procurer, — which  he  was  made  to  do,  so  that  as  soon  as 
any  of  mine  came  with  a  procurer  he  should  be  seized  upon,  to 
know  what  interest  I  had  in  him  and  his  cause,  and  thus  make 
me  a  party,  which  he  did  not  fail  to  do,  as  you  may  see  by  his 
letter  to  me ;  and  when  he  saw  I  could  not  be  got  to  do  that,  but 
sent  him  money  that  he  might  not  starve,  and  offered  to  perform 
anything  he  should  promise  to  one  that  would  help  him  to  effect 
his  escape,  he  conferred  with  them  on  that  also  ;  and  then  they 
invented  another  way  to  take  me,  viz.,  that  he  should  send  word 
that  if  he  could  get  caution,  he  could  get  out,  and  that  he  had 
found  an  honest  Catholic  gentleman  who  would  avow  the  caution, 
so  that  I  should  be  no  dealer  in  it,  which,  as  you  will  see  by  his 
letter,  he  performed  to  catch  me  in  a  trap,  but  I  had  warning  of  it, 
and  gave  over  dealing  with  him. 

Jt  is  an  evil  wind  that  blows  nobody  good ;  as  by  his  knavish 
dealing,  some  would  have  secured  their  turn  to  my  affront,  and 
the  discredit  of  Her  Majesty,  so  others  that  loved  me,  thinking  that 


224  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 

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I  -would  not  leave  anything  undone,  in  respect  of  the  consequence 
that  his  getting  out  was  for  the  public  service,  and  fearing  least  I 
should  do  the  public  no  good,  but  myself  harm,  have,  to  incense 
me  against  him,  found  means  to  come  by  his  letters  he  wrote  to 
Phelippes,  and  which  are  the  most  villainous  against  me  and  mine 
that  could  be,  and  of  which  I  am  promised  copies.  In  one  of  these 
there  is  the  following  : — •'  I  cannot  directly  say  the  ambassador  is 
a  naughty  man,  and  yet  probably  I  can  ;  for  haunting  with  Charles 
Arundel,  the  greatest  traitor  on  this  side  the  sea,  is  a  proof  he 
speaks  evil,  and  all  his  men  be  nought."  I  also  saw  a  copy  of 
Phelippes'  letter  to  him,  asking  him  to  write  of  me. 

Besides,  the  villain,  to  make  them  believe  that  he  had  done 
service  in  England  to  the  cause  here,  and  to  show  that  he  went 
aboitt  to  cozen  Her  Majesty  (for  he  brags  he  dealt  directly  with  her, 
by  Phelippes'  means,  and  that  you  had  most  of  things,  but  by 
second  hand),  and  to  take  away  the  credit  that  might  have  been 
given  to  me  or  any  of  mine,  that  might  inform  Her  Majesty  from 
hence,  had  so  discredited  me  and  mine,  that  we  were  taken  for  as 
bad  as  any  they  accounted  traitors  on  this  side  the  sea.  For  having 
found  commandment  from  you,  as  he  aiHrms,  and  direction  from 
Phelippes,  to  inquire  diligently  of  me  and  my  actions,  and  finding 
that  1  was  a  sly  child  (for  so  he  termed  me),  and  that,  under 
colour  of  fair  speeches  and  courteous  usage  of  all  men,  I  did 
nothing  but  draw  wires  out  of  their  noses,  to  know  all,  and  then 
advertise  it,  to  undo  them  on  this  side,  and  to  hang  as  many  as  I 
could  of  the  other  side,  and  that  I  set  Lilly  to  counterfeit  himself 
among  them,  only  to  draw  what  he  could  out  of  them,  that  I  might 
advertise  it  into  England,  but  that  he  had  found  the  humours  in 
England  so  disposed  to  hear  of  me  and  mine,  and  by  that  means 
has  had  such  good  opportunity,  that  he  has  so  paid  me,  that 
whatsoever  came  from  me  or  mine,  there  was  no  more  credit  given 
to  it  than  if  it  had  come  from  any  they  esteemed  the  worst  on 
this  side. 

Tliat  I  had  dealt  with  Dr.  Gifford  and  Gratley  with  such  fair 
words  that  they  took  me  to  be  a  saint,  and  yet  had  wiitten  all  the 
naughtiness  that  could  be  to  England  against  them ;  that  he  made 
Lilly,  who  was  my  right  hand,  worse  accounted  of  than  any  traitor 
on  this  side  the  sea ;  and  that  to  make  him  the  more  odious,  he  had 
assured  them  he  was  the  deepest  Catholic  here,  and  so  far  gone  tliat 
he  meant  to  become  a  friar.  That  he  had  private  conference  with 
Morgan,  Paget,  and  the  Scotch  ambassador ;  that  Grimston  was  a 
man  of  evil  life,  and  unfit  to  be  about  me,  and  for  the  great  brotherly 
love  that  was  between  Lilly  and  him,  he  kept  nothing  secret  from 
Lilly  that  I  entrusted  him  with,  and  that  Lilly  discovered  it  to 
these  persons.  That  my  coachman,  whom  I  used  as  an  instrument 
to  come  by  divers  letters  that  had  been  sent  from  Paget  and  others, 
was  a  common  spy  for  the  chiefest  enemies  the  Queen  had  in  this 
town.  That  Charles  Arundel,  who  haunted  me,  was  the  rankest 
traitor  on  this  side  the  seas  ;  that  he  haunted  me  by  the  Spanish 
ambassador's  appointment;  that  God  knew  what  practice  there 


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waa  between  him  and  me,  and  that  he  had  promised  to  discover  it, 
so  that  he  had  made  me  and  mine,  and  all  that  haunted  me,  in  as 
bad  a  case  as  the  worst  minded  man  here,  and  all  under  a  fair  show 
that  I  was  the  least  able  of  any  here  to  do  harm,  and  therefore 
they  might  see  that  it  was  but  to  do  good  that  he  kept  intelligence 
with  England.  The  gentleman  has  thus  played  upon  me  at  will, 
but  as  God  would  have  that  I  should  know  from  what  evil  fountain 
all  the  evil  conceits  against  me  have  come,  and  because  I  know  not 
who  are  interested  in  it,  but  that  I  have  received  great  wrong, 
I  protest  I  have  neither  spoken  nor  will  speak  or  write  to  any 
living  creature  but  yourself.  Where  my  Sovereign  may  be  called 
in  question,  I  will  never  stir  for  anything  of  my  own,  however  near 
it  may  touch  me,  without  I  be  called  in  question  of  my  reputation ; 
and  then  to  know  how  I  have  been  dealt  with,  I  will  keep  all  I 
have,  and  as  much  as  I  can  get  to  make  the  matter  plain,  as  I  am 
promised  them,  but  yet  I  cannot  get  them. 

Phelippes  I  never  saw,  although  I  once  had  a  letter  from  him, 
and  I  never  did  him  good  or  harm  ;  I  take  all  this  to  come  of  his 
curiosity  to  show  that  he  was  a  man  of  service.  I  pray  God  to 
forgive  him,  but  sure  I  think  the  stones  on  the  ground  will  cry  for 
vengeance  against  him,  not  for  seeking  to  make  his  own  credit  to 
undo  me,  for  my  own  loyalty  shall  preserve  me,  but  for  my  poor 
men,  whose  reputation  is  their  living,  to  seek,  upon  such  a  varlet's 
report,  to  disgrace  and  undo  them  ;  or  worse,  as  it  shows  by  one  of 
his  letters,  to  egg  him  on  to  write.  I  think  it  is  a  thing  that  God 
will  never  forgive,  in  this  world  or  the  other,  for  whatsoever  this 
knave  says  that  he  had  givejQ  him  from  you  to  do  it,  I  see  him  lie 
in  so  many  things,  that  I  will  never  believe  it,  and  dare  not  impute 
it  to  anybody  but  Phelippes,  for  of  him  I  have  seen  it  in  writing, 
and  I  will  never  believe  it  of  you,  nor  of  anybody  else  that  knows 
and  fears  God. 

If  the  hard  information  you  once  had  of  me  has  come  from  such 
knaves,  you  will  keep  the  promise  you  made  me  in  your  letters,  and 
which  I  build  upon, — to  believe  nothing  of  me  till  you  have  made  me 
acquainted  with  it,  and  tried  the  truth,  and  to  remain  my  friend. 
But  for  the  poor  men  who  know  all  this  now,  and  the  wrongs  that 
have  been  done  them,  and  by  whom,  and  are  deeply  troubled 
withal,  they  will  be  bound  to  you  for  making  them  some  amends  by 
your  favourable  word  to  Her  Majesty,  in  letting  her  know  how  she 
and  all  of  you  have  been  abused  by  these  knaves,  and  procuring 
her  favour  and  good  opinion  of  them. 

I  beseech  you  of  one  thing,  though  I  will  not  presently  press  it, 
because  I  will  please  nobody  here,  upon  this,  which  is  now  common 
in  everybody's  mouth,  to  have  them  think  that  a  fury  or  discontent- 
ment has  moved  me  to  ask  leave  to  return  ;  but  when  I  do,  I  hope 
you  will  put  your  helping  hand,  for  surely  though  as  long  as  I  serve 
I  will  do  so  faithfully,  yet  I  have  never  served  with  goodwill  in  a 
place  where  I  have  seen  such  mistrust  of  me  as  in  this,  or  where  I  shall 
be  so  disgraced,  as  by  these  speeches  being  abroad  and  these  letters 
coming  to  the  sight  of  the  King,  the  Queen  Mother,  and  the  whole 
8,  ^ 


228  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH 

1587. 


Vol.  XXX. 


Council,  as  these  will.  It  will  be  seen  to  my  disgrace  what  a  mis- 
trust is  made  of  me  at  home,  what  reputation  I  live  in  there,  and 
what  credit  I  have,  when  such  persons  as  Phelippes  are  countenanced, 
to  set  such  varlets  as  he  is  to  look  into  my  actions.  I  am  so  much 
grieved  that  I  rather  wish  to  be  dead  than  alive.  I  do  what  I  can 
to  cover  it,  both  in  respect  of  my  own  credit,  and  Her  Maje.sty's, 
for  though  I  will  do  what  I  can  to  get  as  many  originals  as  T  can 
into  my  hands,  both  of  Phelippes'  and  of  the  other  knaves,  I  still 
affirm  that  those  they  avow  to  be  Phelippes'  are  counterfeits,  and 
the  others  have  been  written  by  practice  of  the  knaves  here,  to 
have  them  to  be  surprised,  and  to  leave  to  men's  judgments  occasions 
to  think  amiss  both  of  Her  Majesty  and  all  her  ministers. 

This  is  the  best  course  that  I  know  for  me  to  take,  now  that  there 
is  no  remedy,  and  that  I  can  deal  no  more  to  get  the  knave  out,  as  he 
has  betrayed  me,  thinking  to  help  himself;  but  indeed  he  has  betrayed 
himself,  for  they  will  go  near  to  make  it  cost  him  his  life,  having 
sent  copies  of  all  to  the  Cardinal,  and  pressed  him  to  make  the  Pope 
write  to  the  King  of  it,  and.  to  use  all  extremity,  and  my  Lord  Paget 
and  his  brother,  and  others  that  he  has  touched  in  his  letters,  follow 
it  to  the  utmost  for  their  own  credit. 

I  am  promised,  if  there  be  any  means  possible,  to  get  Phelippes' 
letter  containing  the  chief  things,  and  if  he  were  hanged  for  the 
rest,  it  were  not  a  halfpenny  matter.  If  Chas.  Arundel  had  either 
not  fallen  sick  as  he  did,  or  had  lived,  I  had  had  all,  though  he  said 
he  be  cause  of  this  harm  of  his.  No  man  on  this  side  served  my 
turn  as  he  did,  and  never  Spanish  Ambassador  nor  his  master  were 
better  handled.  I  had  the  quickest  and  most  correct  advertisements 
out  of  Spain  from  him,  and  the  Spanish  Ambassador  had  that  credit 
in  him  that  he  hid  nothing  that  was  reasonable  from  him.  He  con- 
tinually had  letters  from  Sir  Fras.  Englefield  and  Prideaux,  which  I 
saw  before  he  deciphered  them.  To  show  that  he  did  not  dally  with 
me,  the  advertisements  he  gave  me  at  first  were  always  confirmed 
by  letters  that  came  to  the  Venice  Ambassador,  and  the  advertise- 
ments that  B.  sent  me  as  thej'  came  from  their  agent.  The  rest  is 
not  to  be  written  of,  but  you  shall  know  it  some  day. 

I  send  you  a  copy  of  a  letter  which  he  wrote  in  prison  to  Throgmor- 
ton,  whereby  you  will  see  what  a  villain  he  is.  I  have  not  the 
original,  as  he  that  brought  it  dared  not  be  known  to  have  shown 
it  to  me,  but  upon  my  credit  it  is  word  for  word ;  Grimston  copied 
it  while  he  was  talking  with  me.  He  has  promised  to  do  what  he 
can  to  get  it  into  his  hands  by  stealth,  after  he  has  rendered  it,  and 
then  he  will  give  it  to  me  ;  but  he  has  given  me  one  he  wrote  to  his 
brother,  who  went  about  to  steal  the  English  ships  to  Dunkirk,  and 
was  killed,  a  copy  of  which  I  also  send,  whereby  you  may  perceive 
that  he  was  acquainted  with  the  enterprise,  and  a  persuader  of  it,  and 
by  which  you  will  also  see  the  honesty  of  the  man.  He  sent  a 
letter  to  Grimston  to  be  sent  to  Wysden,  and  bid  them  put  it  in  a 
cover  to  Ofiley,  but  I  have  sent  it  you.  I  know  it .  is  to  Phelippes, 
for  in  tlieir  cipher  they  told  me  it  was  his  name  ;  you  can  either  send 
it  to  Phelippes  or  to  Offley  for  him.     As  Hachet  is  named  in  one  of 


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1587.  Vo^-  XXX. 

Phelippes'  letters  for  a  director,  I  have  warned  him  to  take  heed  to 
himself,  and  to  have  his  answer  ready,  for  he  is  an  honest  man.  I 
have  sent  Delabero  to  him,  to  know  what  he  is  and  wliere  he  is,  so 
as  to  warn  him,  and  j^ou  may  see  what  he  writes  to  me.  I  have 
also  sent  to  Bartholomew  Martin,  as  he  writes  he  has  promised  to  do 
it,  but  I  do  not  believe  him,  as  he  is  a  very  knave,  and  one  of  the 
chief  that  have  betrayed  these  things,  and  delivered  the  letters  that 
he  has  given.  They  have  a  letter  of  his  written  to  Phelippes  of 
11  June  1586. 

This  is  all  I  can  at  present  send  you.  If  I  can  get  the  originals 
or  copies,  I  will  also  send  them.  I  have  written  of  this  to  no  one 
but  you,  and  will  not,  and  you  show  this  to  what  you  please.  I 
want  Phelippes,  though  I  do  not  know  him,  to  know  how  evilly 
lie  has  dealt  with  me. 

P.S. — They  expect  letters  from  him  daily,  which  they  make  sure 
account  to  take,  but  by  whose  means  I  know  not,  unless  it  be 
Bartholomew  Martin's. 

I  have  just  had  the  enclosed  copies  of  two  of  Phelippes'  letters  to 
Gifford  brought  me  ;  the  passages  interlined  being,  as  they  say,  in 
cipher ;  if  I  can  get  the  originals  I  will  do  so,  and  Mr.  Phelippes 
must  pardon  me,  being  such  a  statesmen  as  he  would  fain  be,for  saying 
that  to  hazard  to  write  to  such  a  knave  as  this  is  things  that  may 
be  scanned  as  these  are,  is  not  the  greatest  discretion  in  the  world. 
I  will  not  believe  it,  though  Mr.  Phelippes'  pleasure  be  to  write  it 
to  Gifford,  that  you  bid  him  make  those  inquisitions  of  me  ;  for  as 
to  one  point,  you  know  that  I  wrote  to  you  that  if  my  Lord  of 
Westmoreland  had  desired  a  passport  of  me  to  go  to  England,  I  could 
have  given  him  one,  and  any  one  else  ;  for  being  in  England,  you 
know  what  to  do  with  them.  I  addressed  Walton  to  you ;  I  never 
gave  any  passport  but  I  sent  them  to  you.  As  for  Arundel,  you 
know  that  I  wrote  you  about  it,  and  you  advised  it,  and  therefore 
in  the  end,  I  think  Phelippes  himself  is  not  so  honest  a  man  as  I 
made  Arundel,  nor  did  the  Queen  such  good  service.  [6  pages, 
endorsed  by  Phelippes.~\     Unclosing, 

55,  I.  One  whom  you  had  yesterday  by  the  hand  [Gilbe7i  Gifford] 
to  Orimston  ?  Thanks  for  your  gentle  offers.  I  trust  you 
will  receive  thanks  again  by  those  better  able  to  reward 
you.  After  your  departure,  I  sent  to  inquire  for  the  gentle- 
men who  com/mended  you  hither,  with  instructions  how  to 
contrive  my  matter  for  my  comfort,  which,  if  you  have  not 
received,  you  must  get  some  faithful  unknown  French- 
man in  the  place,  who  may  maJce  his  errand  to  speak 
with  Mons.  Viane,  Ghanovne  de  Laches  en  Touraine ;  then 
I  can  easily  discover  to  him,  how  you  must  proceed.  The 
TTiatter  is  agreed  between  us,  but  the  Ohanoine  m,ust  not 
know  whence  he  combes.  In  the  meanti/me  my  case  is  not 
great,  and  the  lieutenant  said  it  was  a  m,oclcery  to  make 
so  great  a  show  thereof.  My  only  want  is  Tnoney  to 
follow  my  case,  wherewith  if  you  can  help  me,  I  will  give 
you  a  bill  of  my  hand  how  you  shall  speedily  be  paid 

P  2 


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J  587. 


Vol.  XXX. 

[i  page,  copy,  headed  by  Sir  Edw.  Stafford,  "  The  answer 
to  the  first  scrawl  that  I  made  Oriinston  write  to  hvm  in 
an  unknown  ha/nd.^ 

55.  II.  "  Your  friend  till  death,  whose  hand  you  know,"  to  Orvm- 
ston  ?  I  am  greatly  beholden  to  the  gentleman  that  sent  you, 
whom  they  make  believe  of  policy  that  I  have  abused. 
What  I  have  done  he  shall  know,  but  it  is  not  now  time. 
Of  the  letters  taken  in  my  chamher,  there  were  but  one 
or  two  from  England,  and  those  will  not  hurt  me.  I  do 
not  know  how  m,any  of  mine  they  have  intercepted ;  they 
have  shown  me  one  of  the  last  which  I  have  answered.  I 
can  look  for  no  courtesy  at  their  hands,  therefore  I  must 
require  the  gentleman's  favour  to  send  me  10  or  15 
crowns ;  for  the  want  of  money  will  undo  me.  By  the 
next  I  will  send  you  a  hill  under  my  hand  to  my  father, 
for  all  adventures.  Belabero  has  come  hither  several  ti/mes 
as  a  merchant  that  bi^gs  over  stockings,  but  I  do  not 
think  he  is  now  in  town.  The  gentleman  may  cause 
some  Catholic  to  speak  to  those  for  me  that  may  do  me 
good,  bid  take  heed  that  I  he  not  known  to  have  any  help 
from  you.  I  have  sent  your  letter  where  it  will  never  be 
seen,  and  pray  you  do  the  same  with  mine  ;  fail  me  not 
in  my  necessity,  and  I  will  never  forget  it,  if  Qod  gives 
me  liberty.  [A  lie  sent  me  to  the  demand  of  my  first 
billet  that  I  made  Grimston  write,  which  he  dehvered 
them,  and  which  was  shown  me.]  My  Catholic  friends 
i/it  England  should  solicit  Chasteaneuf  to  write  for  me. 
I  shall  need  20  crowns ;  I  a/m  preparing  the  bill  I  spoke 
of,  and  let  me  know  some  sure  house  where  I  may  send 
m,y  letters  to  he  conveyed  to  you. 

P.8. — Know  of  Martin  what  letters  he  has  delivered 
them.  [I  page,  copy.  The  passage  in  brackets  is  a  mar- 
ginal note  by  Sir  Edw.  Stafford.'] 

55.  III.  G.  Giff[ord]  to  [Sv>-  Edw.  Stafford}.  As  you  of  singular 
favour  prefer  me  such  friendship  in  my  distress,  I  accept 
it,  with  perpetual  bond,  of  service  to  you  and  yours.  I 
think  I  cannot  be  delivered  after  the  order  you  have 
insinuated,  hut  I  see  nothing  that  may  keep  me  here,  if 
I  had  means  to  follow  my  cause,  for  all  the  letters  they 
have  taken  consist  of  general  terms  of  cuiknowledgment 
of  my  dMty  to  m,y  Prince,  and  all  that  I  have  done  has 
been  by  commandment,  and  that  which  every  subject  ought 
to  do.  The  official  is  greatly  incensed  because  the  lieu- 
tenant has  examined  me,  and  if  I  had  a  procurer  to- 
mxirrow,  we  should,  perceive  what  would  be  the  end.  Pray 
send  Ori/mston  here,  or  some  of  your  household,  that  they 
may  speak  for  a  procurer ;  for  without  some  rnan  either 
to  promise  or  pay  them,  they  will  do  nothing.  Orvmston 
Tnay  come  ujithout  danger,  with  the  same  pretext  he  did 
before.     [|  page,  copy.] 


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Vol.  XXX. 

55.  IV.   Whom  you  knotv  to .     Cover  this  and  direct  it  to 

Hugh  Offley,  as  I  cannot  do  it,  my  keeper  overlooking 
ine.  The  Promoteur  du  Roy  not  being  here  to-day, 
nothing  could  he  done,  so  let  me  understand  what  you 
knotu  of  the  point  you  wrote  about,  and  see  whether 
Martin  has  anything  for  me  by  the  name  of  Fras.  Hartley. 
Remember  me  to  the  gentleman  you  see  daily,  with  infinite 
thanks.     [|  page,  copy.'] 

55.  V.  G.  Gifford  to  [Sir  Edw.  Stafford].  Your  courteous  help  in 
this  my  adversity  emboldens  me  to  beseech  you  to  per- 
severe in  your  favour,  by  which  I  doubt  not  m  a  fe%u 
days  to  be  delivered.  The  case  now  stands  that  no  man 
pursues  agaviist  me,  but  for  me  to  follow  by  the  order  of 
this  court  all  the  accustomed  ceremonies  is  very  charge- 
able, and  of  long  durance,  so  meantime  God  knows 
what  may  befall  to  keep  me  longer  here.  What  has 
hitherto  been  laid  to  my  charge  is  of  no  moment,  as  it 
has  been  promised  that  I  shall  be  enlarged  upon  good 
Catholic  sureties ;  that  being  granted  me,  if  I  may  tell 
my  case  before  our  countrymen,  I  doubt  not  that  they  will 
talce  up  the  matter,  or  at  least  I  luill  so  follow  it  that  I  will 
weary  hirni  that  undertcokes  to  follow  the  suit.  I  can  find 
a  French  gentleman  who  shall  be  reported  to  have  got  me 
the  cautions.  My  case  therefore  stands  in  your  hands  to 
deliver  me,  a/rid  if  you  do  so,  I  will  al/ways  acknowledge  it. 
[|  page,  copy.] 

55.  VI.  G[ilbert]  G\ifford]  to  Mr.  Humfrey.  The  four  men  who 
were  sent  for  from  Brussels  and  Italy  ca/ne  here  yesterday, 
and  are  divided,  one  to  Calais,  another  to  Newhaven,  and 
two  to  Britanny.  Their  hire  is  1,000  crowns  each,  and  all 
charges  borne.  The  chiefest  places  that  they  are  charged 
with  are  Plymouth,  the  Isle  of  Wight,  Dover  and  Rye, 
but  Fahnouth  castles  and  Tower  wharf  are  mentioned. 
The  time  when  they  go  I  cannot  yet  learn.  As  your 
long  stay  has  bred  jealousy,  make  as  much  speed  as  you 
may.     [^  page.]  Paris,  20  Oct.  1587. 

55.  VII.  Fras.  Hartley,  alias  Gilbert  Gifford,  to  Mr.  Wilson.  I 
could  never  hear  of  the  packet  of  importance.  Let  me  know 
by  whom  you  sent.  Cordaillot  will  be  a  good  helper  some- 
times, though  Bartolomeo  Martin  is  commonly  to  be  em- 
ployed. The  matter  of  sending  to  the  English  Ambassador 
in  Paris  about  a  letter  opened  came  to  Charles  Arundel's 
knowledge ;  he  followed  the  matter,  and  said  he  saw  the 
contents.  Gilbert  Gifford  told  Lilly  of  it,  and  said  he 
had  a  letter  written  to  him  from,  a  friend,  which  he  sup- 
posed to  be  in  the  Ambassador's  hand,  and  was  therefore 
desirous  to  have  it.  He  vjrote  so  much,  and  desired 
Lilly  to  ask  if  it  was    *    *    *    him,  touching    *    *    *    * 


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Vol.  XXX. 

to  and  gave  me  his  letter  to  that  effect,  which  I  showed  to 
Lord  Paget  and  Thos.  Tlirogmorton,  and  there  vms  an 
end  of  the  matter,  which  had  like  to  have  bred  suspicion. 
Thereupon  the  Ambassador  by  Lilly  exhorted  *  *  *  * 
to  kill  the  Queen  of  England,  with  great  promises  ;  Gifford 
answered  that  he  would  never  offend  her,  but  durst  not 
venture  fuoiher ;  yet  -he  has  sent  divers  times  to  speak 
with  Gifford,  which  he  always  excused;  and  honestly  I 
dare  not  meddle  with  liim,  considering  his  place,  yet 
G.  Gifford  *  *  Buckingham  ?  has  bewitched  him.  Lilly- 
seems  a  new  man,  and  does  penance  for  the  past.  All 
tnarvel  that  on  23  Oct,  when  others?  ca7)ie  from  Rome? 
there  was  no  resolution  of  Cardinal  Allen's  departing. 

My  brother  is  in  Fla.nders,  and  has  obtained  something. 
He  wrote  to  *  *  *  that  100  ships  in  six  weeks  will  be 
ready  at  Dunkirk.  G.  Gifford  sJudl  hear  daily  from  him, 
Dr.  Gifford  is  in  great  disgrace  with  the  Cardinal ;  this 
may  work  some  good  of  him.  JJ'  *  *  come  again,  he 
may  make  gain  of  cloth  against  Christmas.  Pray  order 
five  yards  of  fine  cloth  to  make  me  a  ^oum.  [1  page. 
The  ivords  in  Roman  letters  are  in  cipher,  deciphered; 
the  asterisks  signify  passages  are  not  deciphered.] 

Paris,  26  Oct.  1587. 

Dec.  ?  56.  Petition  of  Francis  Le  Pappe,  merchant  of  Landenau,  to  the 

Council,  for  restitution  to  himself  and  partners,  Frenchmen,  of  goods 
value  4,690?.,  laden  by  them  at  Seville  for  London,  in  the  Madeline, 
but  taken  by  Sir  William  Courtney's  privateer,  in  spite  of  their 
protesting  that  they  were  French,  and  the  vessel  laden  only  with 
goods  belonging  to  French  and  English.  The  captain  put  them  in 
fear  of  their  lives,  so  they  delivered  him  12,000  French  crowns,  and 
jewels,  silks,  &c.,  value  300  crowns,  but  he  still  took  their  ship,  and 
put  them  naked,  except  their  shirts,  on  board  a  French  ship  which 
he  had  before  taken.  The  goods  of  the  English  have  been  restored, 
but  those  of  the  French  are  still  retained,     [f  page.] 


1587? 


57.  Petition  of  Nicholas  Vincent,  master  and  part  owner  of 
the  Margaret  of  Newhaven,  to  Council.  Returning  with  his  ship, 
laden  with  salt  from  Newfoundland,  to  Newhaven,  was  met  near 
Cherbourg  by  an  English  ship  of  war  and  two  barks,  commanded 
by  Wm.  Hubbord  and  Nich.  Chalden,  who,  notwithstanding  remon- 
strances made  that  they  were  French  subjects,  boarded  his  ship, 
slew  two  of  his  company,  and  wounded  and  carried  away  many 
others,  put  petitioner  and  the  rest  in  his  cockboat,  in  their  shirts, 
and  exposed  them  to  the  raging  sea.  Arrived  at  Cherbourg,  and 
found  some  friends,  who  counselled  him  to  advertise  their  Honours 
of  the  premises,  not  doubting  but  by  their  good  means  to  obtain 
recovery  of  his  said  ship  and  goods.  Council  ordered  entire  resti- 
tution, and  commanded  Sir  Geo.  Carey,  Governor  of  the  Isle  of 
Wight,  and  other  officers  there,  to  cause  delivery  of  the  ship  and 


DOMESttC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  231 


1  ^R'7  ?  Vol.  XXX. 

goods.  Going  with  one  of  his  company  and  others  from  Loudon 
to  the  Isle  of  "Wight  for  the  recovery  thereof,  they  were  met  by 
sundry  Englishmen  belonging  to  the  said  ship  of  war,  and  othert<, 
who  led  them  aboard  such  ship,  took  from  them  the  Council's 
order  and  commission,  and  constrained  petitioner,  for  the  safety 
of  his  life,  to  promise  never  to  make  any  pursuit  for  the  reco- 
very of  his  said  ship  and  goods.  Has  escaped  their  hands,  and 
would  rather  return  to  France,  and  forego  all,  than  go  back  to 
the  Isle  of  Wight,  with  such  danger  to  his  life,  but  prays  speedy 
restitution  of  such  ship  and  goods,  or  the  value  thereof,  amounting 
to  l,Q50l.,  without  going  any  more  to  the  Isle  of  Wight.     [^  i^ag'e.] 

68.  W.  Sterrellto  Thos.  Phelippes.  You  were  expected  yesterday. 
We  had  many  lords  and  lordings  at  dinner,  who  spent  all  the  day 
in  music,  and  you  might  have  done  well  to  come  among  them. 
Here  was  Sir  Harry  Gray,  Mr.  Vavasour,  and  young  Mr.  Dudley, 
the  great  Lord's  son,  men  well  known  to  you.  I  cannot  now  tell 
what  time  will  be  fit  to  come,  until  the  Parliament  is  adjourned  for 
a  day  or  two.  I  will  write  to  Owen,  if  you  will  send  me  some  brief 
notes  by  Painter,  and  will  send  the  letter  to  you.  My  Lord  [Earl 
of  Worcester  ?]  does  not  think  there  will  be  any  motion  of  laws 
but  against  recusants,  and  he  does  not  intend  assenting  to  any 
new  device.     [|  page.l 

59.  Kequest  by  Sir  Henry  Gate  to  Council,  for  requisites  for 
Scarborough  castle.  The  ordnance  there  should  be  re-mounted,  and 
a  supply  of  small  shot,  a  last  of  powder,  long  bows,  arrows,  pikes, 
bills,  and  such  things  made,  and  a  gunner  appointed  to  attend  the 
ordnance,  and  the  training  of  such  thereabouts  as  were  apt  to  serve 
upon  any  sudden  occasion. 

With  request  that  as  the  castle  has  lately  been  repaired  by  the 
Lord  Treasurer's  order,  and  is  supplied  with  defensive  furniture, 
is  the  refuge  for  the  distressed  by  sea,  and  the  comfort  of  the 
whole  coast  of  that  country  upon  any  sudden  attempt,  and  being 
neglected  is  very  likely  to  be  aimed  at  by  the  enemy,  both  by 
the  example  of  the  traitors  who  arrived  there  in  the  time  of  Queen 
Mary,  and  the  unsettled  aflfections  of  divers  of  the  inhabitants,  and 
as  he  has  been  in  charge  of  the  castle  17  years,  he  may  have 
consideration.     [2f  pages.^ 

60.  Abstract  of  the  above,  adding  that  some  timber  and  200^. 
will  be  needed  for  the  repairs,  and  that  Sir  Henry  has  served 
hitherto  without  fee.     [|  page,  noted  by  Burghley.} 

61.  Note  of  the  gentry  on  the  Borders.  Most  of  those  in  North- 
umberland are  cruel  oppressors  of  their  tenants,  and  as  a  great  number 
of  the  latter  are  Scots,  if  there  were  any  need  of  service,  there  would 
be  a  great  want  of  both  horse  and  foot.  The  greater  part  of  the 
gentry  are  papists  or  addicted  to  papistry,  as  Sir  Cuthbert  Col- 
lingwood,  Sir  Thos.  Gray  and  his  brother  Ralph  Gray,  Carr  of  Ford, 
Thos.  Swineowe  of  Gosewick,  Mr.  Haggerstone  of  Haggerstone, 
and   Mr,   Phenike   of  Wallington,   a   suspected    priest.      Cuthbert 


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1587. 

Amom-er  knows  and  told  Sir  Geo.  Carey  how  many  of  these  en- 
tertained Brierton  and  other  Jesuits.  No  one  in  the  town  or 
garrison  of  Berwick  can  be  justly  charged  with  being  a  papist, 
anabaptist,  or  undutiful  subject.     [5  pageJ} 

62.  Note  of  the  mei-chants  who  have  fui-nished  the  King  of  Spain 
with  all  kinds  of  provisions,  to  the  hurt  of  Her  Majesty  and  un- 
doing of  the  realm,  if  not  redressed,  viz.,  Thos.  and  Hum.  Hollman, 
Wm.  Swanley,  Eob.  Penticost,  Rob.  Alder,  Wm.  Dawson,  Ralph  and 
Rich.  Sadler  and  Rich.  James,  all  merchants  of  Bristol,  and  John 
Roberts,  Rob.  Barratt  and  Fras.  Poyllis,  place  not  stated,  who 
altogether  freighted  nine  ships  with  provisions,  lead,  powder,  ord- 
nance, and  muskets ;  value  of  each  cargo  from  3001.  to  2,000?. 
[1  page.] 

63.  Statement  of  the  annual  receipts  of  Rich.  Smith,  rector  of 
Soke,  alias  Rock,  parish  church,  in  glebe  land,  tithes,  fees,  &c., 
24<l.  13s.  8d.,  out  of  which  he  pays  a  pension  to  the  Prior  and  con- 
vent of  Shene,  and  other  sums,  reducing  it  to  171.  Us.  lOfl.  clear, 
of  which  the  tithes  are  35s.  2d. 

Endorsed  with  notes  that  he  is  divinity  reader  in  Exeter  college, 
Oxford,  was  made  minister  by  Freak,  bishop  of  Worcester,  and 
preacher  by  Westfaling,  bishop  of  Hereford.     [^  page,  Latin.] 

64.  Considerations  for  the  dissolving  of  the  injunction  awarded 
against  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  restraining  him  from  the  course  of 
common  law.  That  it  is  against  Magna  Charta  and  the  Statutes. 
That  Lord  John  Grey,  being  in  possession  of  the  laad,  cannot  other- 
wise be  divested.  That  the  Court  of  Chancery  refuses  to  decide 
eases  apphcable  to  common  law,  and  if  he  were  dismissed  from 
Chancery,  he  would  be  left  without  remedy.  Arguments  in  favour  of 
his  being  allowed  to  proceed  by  common  law.    [2^  pages,  damaged.] 

65.  Pedigree  of  Richard  Fiennes,  showing  his  claim  to  the  title  of 
Lord  Say  and  Seal ;  the  reasons  why  it  was  not  used  by  several  of 
his  ancestors,  and  why  he  petitions  for  it  to  be  revived  in  his  behalf. 
[1  sheet] 

1588. 

Jan.  1.  66.  Note  of  money  received  by  Robt.  Freke  from  divers  sheriffs 

who  collected  it  from  recusants  and  the  clergy,  towards  furnishing 
light  horse  for  the  Low  Countries;  total,  10,605?.  17s.  8d. ;  and 
of  his  payments  therefrom  into  the  Exchequer,  and  to  Sir  Phil. 
Sydney,  Sir  Thos.  Cecil,  &c.,  9,624?.  12s.  Also  of  payment  of 
13,000?.  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester  and  others  for  that  sei-vice.    [1  page.] 

Jan.  3.  67.  Account  of  the  receipts  and  payments  of  Rich.  Huddleston 

and  Sir  Thomas  Sherley  to  11  Nov.  1587,  with  the  allowances 
made  for  ordinaries  and  extraordinaries  to  the  army  in  the  Low 
Countries  ;  total  receipts,  281,334?.  13s.  4d.  [5  pages,  endorsed  by 
Burghley.] 

Jan.  5.         68.  Edward  Lewen,   mayor,    the  sheriff,  and   eight   aldermen  of 
Newcastle.     Newcastle-on-Tyne  to   Lord  Burghley.     The  Earl  of  Huntingdon 


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1588.  Vol.  XXX. 

wants  satisfaction  for  20  lasts  of  rye,  delivered  at  Newcastle  from  a 
Dutchman  last  year,  and  sold  here  at  the  highest  price  that  rye 
then  fetched.  The  ship  was  driven  into  our  port  by  weather,  and 
forced  to  cast  some  of  the  rye  into  the  sea,  to  save  the  ship  and 
men.  The  captain  wanted  her  unloaded,  as  the  ship  had  sprung  a 
leak,  and  as  the  corn  was  hot,  and  could  not  be  carried  further,  he 
was  the  more  willing  to  sell  it.  He  knew  the  amount  it  fetched, 
and  might  have  then  had  the  money,  but  fearing  enemies  at  sea, 
he  would  only  accept  sufficient  to  discharge  the  freight,  customs, 
(kc,  and  a  testimonial  from  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  as  to  how 
the  ship  put  into  our  haven,  which  was  given  him  in  Latin,  a 
copy  whereof,  as  also  of  the  account  of  the  rye  received,  and  of 
what  he  left  in  our  town  chamber,  we  enclose.  The  sum  left  here 
by  him  was  1951.  18s.  2d.,  which  with  121.  for  30  bolls  of  rye  which 
Mr.  Delaval,  keeper  of  Tynemouth  Castle,  took  up  at  Shields  as  his 
provision,  makes  2071.  18s.  2d.,  which  is  ready  here  to  be  paid 
to  such  person  as  you  may  appoint  by  warrant  to  receive  it.  The 
owner  of  the  rj^e  is  Joris  Maertson  of  Scheidam  in  Holland. 
[1  page.] 

Jan.  7.  69.  Sir  Edw.   Stafibrd  to  Sec.    Walsingham.      I  have   done  all 

Paris.  that  can  be  to  help  Gifford  out  of  prison,  and  persuade  him  to  help 
and  take  heed  to  himself,  and  for  helping  of  him  would  have  spared 
nothing,  as  you  may  see  by  what  I  have  written  to  him,  and  his 
answers  thereto,  whereof  I  send  you  copies.  I  am  afraid  he  will 
play  the  knave  in  many  ways,  and  let  himself  be  won  to  serve 
their  turns.  I  hear  he  had  promised  it,  and  will  do  or  say 
anything  they  wish ;  all  that  I  have  dealt  with  him  in  or  done  for 
him  he  has  discovered,  and  confesses  as  much,  as  you  may  see  by 
his  letters,  though  he  would  fain  colour  it  handsomely.  He  assured 
me  verbally  and  in  writing,  when  he  sent  for  30  crowns,  that  he 
would  be  delivered  within  four  hours  after ;  and  thereupon  I  sent 
them,  and  offered  to  send  anything  to  get  him  out,  if  he  would  be 
packing.  But  it  is  now  eight  days  since  he  had  it,  and  I  now  find 
that  it  was  but  a  cozening  part  to  get  money  of  me,  and  that  they 
were  acquainted  with  it,  and  that  if  I  had  given  the  name  of 
a  burgess  to  answer  for  it,  it  was  only  that  such  burgess  might 
have  been  made  to  confess  upon  whose  order  he  had  done  it,  and  so 
have  given  it  abroad  that  I  had  intelligence  with  him  in  every- 
thing, to  make  the  matter  of  Phelippes'  letter  more  odious,  and  the 
probability  of  what  they  could  prove  by  it  more  sensible. 

Besides,  his  discovering  the  advertisements  that  I  gave  him  of 
points  he  should  be  examined  upon  has  made  them  suspicious  of 
some  of  their  own  party,  so  that  the  papers  and  letters  are  now  so 
looked  to  that  I  caimot  come  by  them,  as  I  had  hoped  and  was  pro- 
mised, and  yet  in  time  I  hope  to  do  so.  He  has  besides,  to  avoid 
suspicion  of  themselves,  made  believe,  that  some  that  would  have 
been  his  best  friends  are  fain  to  chatter  against  him,  to  save  their 
own  credit  here.  I  hear  that  he  has  accused  Cordaillot  for  the 
convoy  by  the  French  Ambassador's,  and  has  brought  Arnold  in 


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Vol.  XXX. 

suspicion  for  dealing  with  yon,  and  for  being  the  great  arm  that 
is  spoken  of  in  Plielippes'  letter,  whereof  I  sent  you  a  copy.  I 
also  hear  that  Nau  intends  to  be  a  party  against  him,  to  clear 
himself  of  what  Phelippes  wrote  of  him ;  so  that  I  am  afraid  it 
will  prove  a  great  broil,  and  that  the  knave  will  be  an  instrument 
in  whatever  they  will  have  him  ;  and  yet  when  they  have  all  out  of 
him  that  they  desire,  they  will  hang  him  if  they  can,  and  I  think 
they  will  put  him  to  a  hard  plunge,  for  they  mean  to  take  him 
upon  this  point, — having  letters  of  his  to  Phelippes  which  will  go 
hard  against  him,— that  he  became  a  priest  to  deceive  the  world,  and 
said  mass  after.  I  have  done  for  him  what  I  may,  in  respect  of 
the  harm  he  may  be  made  author  of ;  I  see  however  all  is  deceit 
with  him,  and  therefore  I  will  meddle  no  more,  without  your 
direction. 

I  expect  your  answer  about  that  I  wrote  you  to  do  for  me,  about 
what  remains  in  my  hands.  To  serve  their  turns,  it  will  be  but  as 
a  little  stick  to  prop  up  a  great  house  that  is  ready  to  fall.  To  me 
it  would  do  a  great  deal  of  good,  and  make  me  bound  to  do  all  the 
service  I  can. 

P.S. — For  the  matter  of  this  Abbot,  I  expect  and  will  obey  your 
will,  and  thank  you  for  the  assurance  of  believing  nothing  of  me  in 
Buzenval's  report ;  you  do  me  favour  and  right,  for  I  protest,  though 
he  were  ashamed  I  think  to  show  it  to  you,  he  had  that  letter,  and 
showed  it.     [2  pages,  endorsed  by  Phelippes.l     Encloses, 

69.  I.  Whom  you  know  {Gilbert  Gifford]  to  Orvmston.  I  know 
not  whether  you  meant  this  bearer  or  the  other  accustomed 
one,  but  to  avoid  double  sending,  I  resolved  to  send  this, 
whom  you  may  trust  with  a  letter.  There  is  a  report  that 
my  Lord  travails  for  me ;  if  he  does,  it  cannot  hinder  or 
hurt  me  for  I  cannot  hinder  him  doing  for  me ;  all  that 
tliey  \lay'\  to  my  charge  will  not  hurt  me,  and  if  you 
would  go  or  send  to  the  Greffler,  for  value  of  a  quarter 
crown,  I  dare  say  you  may  see  it  all.  They  report  that  a 
pamphlet  written  by  me  has  been  taken;  I  was  inter- 
rogated upon  it  on  St.  Stephen's  day,  and  answered 
that  I  only  made  the  copy,  and  knew  not  the  author, 
but  there  is  no  heresy  or  false  opinion  therein,  if  the 
worst  befall.  Let  me  know  when  I  m,ay  send  to  Sngland. 
There  is  no  ma/n  in  this  town  ccuii  witness  anythi/ng 
dangerous  agai/nst  me,  and  L  have  no  party  but  the  pro- 
moter with  whom  L  can  deal,  and  therefore  pray  you  to 
well  consider  my  coMse,  thus  briefly  declared,  until  God 
grants  me  liberty  to  discourse  mare  largely.  [^  poi^^> 
copy.] 

69.  II.  Gifford  to  Grimston.  L  doubt  the  young  man  is  not 
found,  and  although  he  has  been  dealt  with  divers  ways 
to  betray  me,  yet  I  think  he  has  not  yielded.  I  will  either 
send  him  or  the  other  to  you  to-day.  My  matter  is  all 
determined,  and  the  only  stay  is  lack  of  the  sum,  which, 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH.  235 


,  ^no  Vol.  XXX. 

being  had,  I  shall  have  liberty,  if  it  be  not  discovered,  as 
I  trust  it  will  not.  Therefore  noiv  is  the  time,  and  my 
life  and  liberty  shall  he  vowed  always  to  you,.  Let  me 
know  when  you  send  into  England.  [_Scrap  attached  to 
the  others.    Copy.'] 

69.  III.  Gifford  to  Sir  Edw.  Staffm'd.  What  speeches  soever  my 
adversaries  have  given  forth  of  my  behaviour  towards 
you,  I  trust  my  offence  shall  not  cause  you  to  break  with 
me,  the  case  standing  as  it  now  does,  and  that  it  may  be 
done  without  any  prejudice  to  me,  or  hindrance  to  you. 
My  cause  is  brought  to  that  pass  that,  for  the  sum  of 
30  crowns,  I  shall  have  m.y  liberty ;  but  I  know  not  where 
to  find  30  sous,  and  ain  therefore  forced  to  fly  to  you 
for  succour ;  if  you  deny  me,  I  m,ust  have  patience  in 
this  place  for  a  long  time.  I  send  you  herewithh  a  letter 
and  a  bill  to  my  father,  who  is  in  London,  and  will 
repay  it  presently,  were  it  300Z.  If  the  form  does  not 
please  you,  I  will  Tuake  it  in  any  other  sort,  so  that  for 
your  repayment  there  is  no  doubt.  I  beseech  you,  upon 
m.y  knees,  to  help  me  with  the  said  sum,  as  it  imports  my 
life  and  liberty ;  or  at  least  to  appoint  me  some  merchant 
or  burgess  sufficient  for  caution,  and  I  will  try  whether 
I  can  find  a  French  gentleman  to  disburse  the  sum. 

P. 8. — /  have  left  space  in  the  bills,  that  it  Tnight  be 
indifferent  to  you  to  send  them  by  whom  you  please,  hut 
if  you  will  have  it  repaid  in  this  town,  or  delivered  to  any 
one  in  London,  I  will  make  them  accordingly,  [f  page, 
copy.] 

69.  IV.  to  Gilbert  Gifford.     The  gentleman  you  wot  of 

will  send  you  the  sum  you  sent  for,  if  you  are  sure 
of  getting  out;  you  are  therefore  to  write  to  him,  to 
deliver  it  to  the  bearer,  who  is  to  give  a  receipt  for  it, 
as  he  will  have  nothing  to  do  with  your  father  or 
any  one  else ;  thank  him,  for  his  courtesy,  and  take 
knowledge  that  I  have  written  to  you  that  this  was  his 
mind.  He  bids  you  take  heed  what  answer  you  make, 
for  in  one  of  the  letters  to  you  that  they  took  in  your 
chamber,  there  is  m,ention  made  of  a  convoy  between  him 
thai  writes  to  you  and  you  by  the  way  of  the  French 
Ambassador'' s  house  in  England;  take  heed  you  do  not 
undo  them  that  have  pleasured  you  that  way.  He  also 
bids  me  tell  you  that  they  have  a  letter  of  yours  xvherein 
you  write  that  the  book  was  your  work  in  your  vacation 
time ;  also  that  you,  do  not  deal  well  with  him  to  con- 
fess any  dealing  of  his  with  you,  and  that  you  have 
confessed  all,  as  also  the  money  you  had  of  him,,  and 
in  what  species.  By  any  mecms  you  are  to  send  back 
this  bill  by  the  bearer,  or  else  he  will  be  angry,  and  per- 
chance send  you  nothing,  as  he  says  all  is  seen  and  known. 


236  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1588. 


Vol.  XXX. 

He  also  bids  me  tell  you  he  lias  not  dealt  for  you,  nor 
will  meddle  in  the  matter  in  any  way ;  hut  whatever  you 
persuade  yourself,  he  bids  you  get  out  with  expedition, 
for  if  you  tarry  24  hours,  you,  will  be  quite  shut  up; 
deceive  not  yourself.  Therefore  slip  no  time  for  your 
getting  out,  and  to  that  purpose  he  will  help  you,  so 
that  being  out,  you  pack  off  into  your  country,  or 
out  of  their  hands;  send  this  bill  bade  or  he  will  do 
nothing  for  you.  If  you  will  send  into  England, 
send  to-day.  [Noted  by  8ir  Edw.  Stafford  as  copy  of  a 
letter  that  he  got  Orimston  to  write  to  Gifford,  in  a 
counterfeit  hand.]     [^  page.] 

69.  V.  Gilbert  Gifford  to  Grimston.  I  cannot  now  write  at- 
large  to  the  gentleman,  but  will  this  afternoon  without 
fail.  My  wit  will  not  deceive  me  if  I  have  the  sum,  as 
you  shall  see  within  a  few  hours.  Let  this  suffice,  for  I 
cannot  noiv  answer  all  the  points  in  yours.  I  send  you 
back  your  letter,  as  desired,     [-i-  page,  copy.] 

69.  VI.  Gifford  to  Sir  Edw.  Stafford.  Whatever  my  behaviour 
has  been, — grounded  upon  the  opinion  that  Arundel  was 
the  cause  of  my  discovery,  wherefore  I  sought  to  requite 
him,  vn  breaking  his  credit  with  you, — hereafter  my  tongue 
shall  never  utter,  nor  m,y  pen  write  anything  contrary  to 
your  deserts  in  this  time  of  my  distress,  which  I  will 
never  forget.  I  was  so  urged,  and  the  matter  was  made 
so  plain  of  the  receipt  of  your  first  benevolence,  that  I 
could  not  but  confess  it  is  strange  how  it  came  out,  for 
iny  keeper  denied  it  before  the  judge,  cmd  indeed  he 
knows  it  not  as  yet.  For  the  conveyance  out  of  the  Ambas- 
sador's house  in  England,  it  is  true  I  had  a  letter  sent 
me  thereby,  as  it  was  written  to  me  in  another  (J),  which 
letter  fell  into  evil  hands,  and  Phelippes  caused  this 
mischief;  but  I  never  received  any,  nor  have  heard  that 
any  other  was  sent  me  that  way  but  that,  though  I  desired 
it;  neither  know  I  how  it  was  delivered,  hut  it  was  easy  for 
them  to  have  dropped  the  letter  into  some  of  the  Ambas- 
sadors' folks'  haiids  to  send  me,  and  so  I  think  it  was, 
for  I  was  expressly  commanded  not  to  meddle  in  the 
matter,  or  with  the  French  Am^bassador,  though  Oordaillot 
wrote  once  to  me  of  late  ;  as  yet  I  have  never  been  ashed 
of  this  matter. 

My  Lord  Paget  and  my  good  cousins  Fitzherbert  and 
Throgmorton  were  here  mth  me,  in  the  official's  seat,  and 
in  his  presence.  I  asked  them  whether  they  were  come 
to  judge  or  confront  me,  or  to  be  my  friends ;  they  replied 
the  latter,  and  upon  my  replying  that  the  manner  of  their 
coming  tvas  strange,  and  that  if  they  had  anything  to  say 
to  speak  then,  my  lord  began  to  accuse  me  of  writing  .to 
England;  I  answered  it  was  by  his  own  friend's  consent, 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


237 


J  588. 


Jan.  12. 

Newcastle. 


Jan.  12. 

Newcastle. 


Vol.  XXX. 

amd  that  I  was  not  alcme,  whereupon  I  and  FitzherbeH 
fell  to  some  words,  so  that  the  official  rose  up  and  came 
hetiueen  us,  and  my  cousins  departed,  and  my  Lord  per- 
suaded me  to  yield,  and  I  should  have  all  favour.  I 
answered  I  had  already  confessed  the  truth  of  all,  and 
after  a  long  talk  we  parted,  and  since  then  I  have  not 
heard  anything  further ;  hut  I  perceive  the  mMter  will 
he  long,  therefore  1  have  taken  another  course,  by  means 
of  the  relief  you  have  promised  me,  as  you  shall  perceive. 
[f  page,  copy.] 

09.  VII.  Oilhert  Gifford  to  Orimston.  I  have  written  as  much  as 
I  can  to  the  gentleman  that  he  may  perceive  my  state, 
and  therefore  hope  you  will  not  fail  me,  hut  will  let  your 
hoy  hring  the  money,  and  will  let  some  one  see  the  hearer 
of  it  enter  this  place  for  more  surety,  and  I  will  speak 
with  him  apart.     The  hearer's  name  is  Humbert  Ghenu. 

69.  VIII.  Receipt  by  Ghenu  for  30  crowns  from  Mr.  Orimston, 
for  the  use  of  Mr.  Gifford,  English  prisoner  in  the  prisons 
of  the  Bishop  of  Paris.    [J  page,  French.]     -^  Jan.  1.588. 


70.  John  Clopton  to  Lord  Burghley.  I  have  been  to  Newcastle,  and 
left  1,200L  with  the  Mayor,  for  payment  of  the  soldiers,  and  150Z. 
more  in  hand,  which  he  requires  me  to  pay  for  him  and  his  brethren 
in  London,  which,  with  400Z.  he  will  receive  from  my  brother 
Braddel,  and  some  more  from  my  own  charge  next  week  will  make 
up  the  2,000L  required.  I  talked  with  him  touching  his  payments, 
and  perceive  that  the  former  sum  of  858Z.  13s.  4>d.  would  not  serve 
by  200?.  to  make  up  this  month's  pay,  ended  6  Jan.,  for  the  first 
200  soldiers,  and  for  the  300  ending  the  20th,  but  that  he  must 
begin  with  this  last  sum  of  1,200Z.  left  with  him;  I  hope  to  make 
a  report  upon  the  whole,  on  my  coming  to  London  about  Candlemas 
day. 

The  Bishop's  executors  have  not  paid  me,  alleging  that  Mr.  Gates, 
Receiver  of  Howdenshire,  whose  charge  is  40W.  a  year,  has  paid 
no  part  of  that  charge  to  the  Bishop,  and  desiring  that  he  may  be 
.  called  upon  for  the  same,  towards  payment  of  the  Bishop's  debts. 

P.S. — Gates  has  just  come  to  the  Auditor  to  account,  which  done, 
he  will  pay  the  money  he  has :  but  for  the  first  half  year's  charge 
due  to  the  Bishop,  he  says  there  are  some  reckonings  between  the 
Bishop  and  him,  by  which  it  will  appear  that  he  owes  him  nothing. 
[1  pager] 

71.  Edward  Lewen,  Mayor  of  Newcastle,  to  Lord  Burghley.  I 
have  received  altogether  from  Mr.  Clopton,  Her  Majesty's  Receiver 
in  the  North  parts,  1,200?.,  which  is  ready  to  be  employed  as  you 
shall  appoint.  The  858?.  1 3s.  4cZ.  I  have  paid,  with  some  overplus, 
to  Captains  Bellasise,  Beeston,  Ellekar,  Ellis,  and  Knap,  who  are 
lying  here  for  the  defence  of  the  Borders,  upon  the  Lord  Chamber- 
lain's warrant,  and  I  have  their  acquittances. 


238  DOMESTIC —ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1588.  YO..XXX. 

P.S.— We  have  here  195?.  18s.  2d.,  and  12?.  of  Mr.  Delaval's  for 
30  bolls  of  rye  that  he  took  for  the  Castle's  provisions,  making  in 
the  whole  207?.  18s.  2d  This  was  reserved  for  rye  sold  here  of 
strangers,  as  mentioned  in  my  former  letter,  and  if  it  please  Her 
Majesty  to  pay  it  to  those  that  claim  it  of  right,  it  shall  be  done, 
upon  your  warrant.     [|  p'^ge^ 

Jan.  15.  72.  Estimate  of  the  Queen's  charge  in  the  Low  Countries  for  a 
year;  ordinary,  133,261?.  10s. ;  extraordinary,  1,545?.  3s.  M, besides 
1,332?.  10s.  at  one  per  cent,  for  portage.  [2  sheets,  endm^sed  by 
Burghley.] 

Jan.  21.  73.  Brief  estimate  of  the  Queen's  daily,  monthly,  and  yearly 
charges  in  the  Low  Countries ;  total,  one  year,  125,389?.  13s.  id. 
[2  sheets,  pasted  together.'] 

Jan.  22.  74.  Sir  Ed  w.  Stafford  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  send  you  two  letters 
Paris.  from  Gifford  to  Grimston,  the  contents  of  which  I  was  informed  of 
the  day  before  they  arrived,  consequently  I  place  more  credit  in  my 
informer,  and  advertise  you  what  they  informed  him  with  more 
confidence.  He  says  they  gave  him  [Gifford]  leave  to  write,  on 
purpose  either  to  procure  Phelippes  to  write  or  send  him  .something, 
as  they  would  be  glad  to  show  something-  from  him  since  Gifford's 
imprisonment ;  and  whoever  comes  or  brings  him  anything  will  be 
stayed,  and  made  to  confess  where  they  come  from.  B.  made  22 
acquainted  with  it,  and  would  have  moved  him  to  take  knowledge 
of  it,  but  22  was  offended  with  him  for  persuading  him  to  it.  The 
Pope's  Nuncio  is  now  the  chief  dealer  in  it,  it  being  taken  out  of 
the  secular  and  placed  in  the  spiritual  haiids.  All  the  papers  and 
letters  are  taken  away  from  those  that  had  them,  so  that  those  who 
promised  I  should  have  copies  of  his  and  Phelippes'  letters  cannot 
do  so  ;  he  is  shut  up  close,  so  that  nobody  can  come  at  him.  Charles 
Paget  follows  him  up  underhand,  as  he  has  called  him  in  question 
in  one  of  his  letters  to  Phelippes,  which  they  have  but  not  openly, 
so  that  it  may  not  come  to  Gifford's  knowledge,  although  Gifford 
has  been  told  enough  of  it  to  set  him  against  him,  and  has  promised 
them  to  do  and  say  anything. 

Mons.  de  la  Noue  has  had  letters  written  him  from  the  Princes  of 
Orange  of  the  delivery  of  Don  John  de  Castile  for  Villiers,  whom 
you  had  bought  for  him,  and  whom  he  hoped  to  keep  for  the  restitu- 
tion of  his  son.  I  am  afraid  the  poor  gentleman  will  take  it  heavily. 
[1  page.] 

Jan.  23.  75.  Note  of  the  quantities  of  munition,  powder,  shot,  bows, 
arrows,  and  other  ordnance  stores  that  are  to  be  taken  from  those 
sent  from  the  Tower  to  Newcastle,  for  the  supply  of  Carlisle, 
[li  pages,  copy.] 

Jan.  23.         76.  Henry  Lord  Hunsdon  to  Lord  Burghley.     I  am  requested  by 

Berwick,      gir  Simon  Musgrave  to  crave  your  favour  in  his  petition  to  me 

touching  his  reckonings,  which  I  know  to  be  true,  but  as  they  are 


DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH.  239 


1588.  Vol.  XXX. 

matters  out  of  my  charge,  being  for  Carlisle,  and  reparations  for 
Newcastle,  I  have  forborne  signing  his  bills  to  be  paid  by  the 
Treasurer  here ;  therefore,  unless  you  stand  for  the  allowance,  he  is 
likely  to  lose  it.  I  know  he  disbursed  the  money  out  of  his  own 
pocket  long  since,     [i  page.]     Enclosing, 

76.  I.  [Sir  8.  Musgrave  to  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon.']  It 
appears  by  a  schedule  of  Sir  Fras.  Walsingham,  and  an 
indent  of  Lord  Scrope,  that  a  proportion  of  munition, 
powder,  &c.  was  sent  to  Lord  Scrope  by  the  Council's 
order,  the  carriage  of  which,  from,  Newcastle  to  Carlisle, 
cost  66?.  18s.  4dl. ;  there  were  also  nails,  timber,  &c.  sent, 
and  sundry  reparations  made  on  the  storehouses  at 
Newcastle,  which  you  commanded  should  be  omitted  in 
the  boolcs. 

The  sum  now  demanded  by  me  amounts  to  180Z.  10s.  Qd. 
I  beg  your  letter  to  the  Lord  Treasurer  for  a  warrant  to 
Mr.  Clopton,  the  Receiver,  for  payment  thereof,  or  for 
allowance  thereof  upon  the  extraordinary  charge  in  the 
Ordnance  Office  for  this  town.     [|  page,  copy.] 

Jan.  31.  77.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  By  your 
York.  letter,  it  seemg  the  Council  expect  some  certificate  from  me  of  the 
furniture  of  this  country.  Ever  since  my  return  into  these  parts, 
I  have  bestowed  my  time  in  viewing  the  armour  and  weapons, 
and  have  now  gone  through  every  wapentake  within  the  three 
Borders,  save  one  small  one  bordering  upon  Westmoreland,  where 
the  people  could  not  travel  through  the  great  fall  of  snow,  but  I 
know  how  the  same  is  furnished.  I  find  that  every  division  is 
reasonably  furnished,  and  that  there  will  be  6,000  men  (the  propor- 
tion required  by  Her  Majesty's  late  instructions  and  former  letter  from 
Council  for  this  countrj')  very  well  furnished,  alloting  to  every  100 
men  40  call  vers,  25  pikes  with  corselets,  20  bows,  and  15  halberts, 
or  good  black  bills.  All  shall  be  reduced  into  bands  as  soon  as  may 
be,  and  assigned  to  captains,  if  I  have  no  direction  to  the  contrary. 
I  perceived  in  every  place  a  cheerful  disposition  of  the  people  to 
serve  Her  Majesty,  and  to  furnish  themselves  in  the  best  sort  they 
could.  I  have  advertised  my  Lords  of  my  proceedings.  Thanks 
for  your  northern  and  southern  news.     [I  page.] 

Jan.  ?  78.  [Gilbert]  Giiford  to  Throgmorton.    You  say  in  your  reply  to 

Prison.  mine  that  I  have  never  confessed  the  truth  to  you  or  to  the  Baron. 
I  always  wanted  all  to  be  declared  in  public  before  my  accusers,  and 
if  they  would  appear  before  me,  I  would  answer  all.  I  wrote  to  the 
Cardinal  to  name  some  one  in  this  town  to  whom  I  might  declare 
the  origin  of  these  reports,  for  to  tell  it  to  a  private  person  would 
have  been  no  use,  and  prejudicial  to  me,  because  of  some  of  my 
friends  interested,  and  of  the  envy  between  me  and  some,  especially 
Charles  Arundel,  whom  I  had  accused  of  being  a  spy  of  Don 
.Bernardino,  but  I  am  willing  to  be  strangled  if  I  cannot  prove  it. 


240  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,   ELIZABETH. 


1588. 


Vol.  XXX. 

My  intelligence  -with  those  in  England  began  last  Easter  12 
months,  with  consent  of  the  Cardinal,  Charles  Paget,  Morgan,  and 
others,  on  pretext  of  treating  an  accord  between  Council  and  us 
Catholics.  I  was  sent  by  them  to  negotiate  an  affair  begun  by  the 
Cardinal,  and  was  pressed  to  return  into  England,  where  I  stayed 
only  15  days,  being  much  frightened,  and  obliged  to  disguise  myself 
as  a  servant  of  M.  Chasteauneuf 

I  returned  to  France,  and  soon  after  the  last  conspiracy  was  dis- 
covered in  England,  they  wrote  me  that  they  were  sure  I  was 
fled  away,  and  asked  why ;  I  answered  that  my  father  had  heard  of 
my  return  to  England,  and  was  much  grieved ;  and  fearing  lest  I 
should  not  get  leave  to  return  to  France  if  I  asked  it,  I  ventured 
to  go  without  warning  them,  fearing  my  father. 

Soon  after.  Savage  accused  me  before  Council  of  having  treated 
with  him  to  assassinate  the  Queen  ;  on  this  my  father  was  in  great 
danger  of  death,  and  if  I  had  not  purged  him  to  those  in  England, 
it  would  have  been  over  with  him.  I  had  retired  to  Pont  k  Mousson, 
partly  for  fear  of  ray  person,  partly  to  avoid  all  opportunity  of 
writing  to  them,  knowing  that  Walsingham  had  threatened,  and 
said  in  anger,  "  God's  death !  Never  man  has  been  so  near  cheating 
me  as  Gifford."  This  was  because  he  thought  that,  under  pretext 
of  making  a  composition  between  the  Catholics  and  those  of  the 
religion,  I  had  conspired  the  death  of  the  Queen.  I  sent  a  letter 
of  excuse,  and  had  a  reply  that  I  was  condemned  of  Use  Majesty,  but 
if  I  would  return  into  the  country,  I  should  be  received  to  mercy. 
To  that  effect  they  constrained  my  father  to  write  to  me,  but  by 
another  way  he  forbade  my  returning,  and  told  me  that  the 
Chancellor  had  offered  a  large  sum  to  get  me. 

I  answered  them  that  I  was  at  my  studies,  well  lodged,  and  could 
not  return.  They  would  not  accept  the  excuse,  and  said  that  at 
least  I  ought  to  persuade  Gratley  to  return.  I  sent  this  letter  to 
Gratley,  and  wrote  them  word  that  he  was  gone  into  Germany.  Some 
months  after,  they  accused  me  of  giving  a  letter  to  my  cousin,  George 
Gifford,  to  persuade  him  to  kill  the  Queen.  I  replied  that  I  had 
only  spoken  to  him  once,  and  that  was  to  tell  him  that  his  brother 
wished  him  to  hasten  his  intended  journey  to  Constantinople. 

Thus  I  have  temporized,  to  avoid  the  ruin  of  my  house.  I  have  been 
often  solicited  to  give  them  advices,  but  have  excused  myself  some- 
times pretending  not  to  receive  their  letters,  sometimes  promising  to 
try.  In  their  last  letter,  they  complain  that  I  mock  them,  and  bear 
them  little  affection.  I  swear  by  my  baptism  that  I  never  wrote 
them  anything  that  I  was  not  certain  had  come  to  their  ears  before. 
I  have  touched  no  private  affairs  except  ray  own  defence  ;  I  have  done 
nothing  that  I  should  be  ashamed  of  before  the  world ;  nothing  for 
which  I  had  not  the  consent  of  the  best  Catholics.  In  temporizing 
with  him,  I  act  as  does  Charles  Arundel,  in  haunting  the  house  of 
their  ambassador,  as  Suigo  has  done  by  consent  of  Don  Bernardino, 
and  Fitzherbert  to  Walsingham.  What  I  do  is  only  to  know  their 
proceedings,  and  save  my  father's  life.     I  have  never  meddled  with 


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1688. 


Feb.  8. 
Berwick. 


Feb.  16. 

Dover. 


Vol.  XXX, 

affairs  of  religion,  nor  of  the  state  of  that  kingdom,  nor  offended 
any  Catholic,  nor  written  what  is  not  notorious  to  everybody. 

Soften  your  heart,  dear  cousin,  and  do  not  let  me  lose  all  by  the 
clamours  of  my  adversaries.  They  accuse  me  of  promising  that 
woman  marriage  ;  I  never  thought  nor  spoke  of  such  a  thing.  I  am 
very  ill,  and  have  no  means  if  you  do  not  aid  me,  or  at  least  speak 
to  Mr.  Tempest  to  come  and  see  me.  [2|  pages,  French,  endorsed 
by  Phelippes,  "  Clifford  to  Throgmorton,  out  of  the  prison."] 

79.  Henry  Lord  Hunsdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  I  hear  that  Her 
Majesty  intends  to  supply  Ely  and  Durham  with  two  bishops,  and 
that  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  is  to  be  Bishop  of  Durham  and  the  Dean 
of  Durham  Bishop  of  Salisbury.  If  such  matters  be  in  hand, 
I  earnestly  desire  that  Dr.  Bellamy  may  have  your  furtherance  for 
the  deanery  of  Durham  ;  I  was  a  suitor  to  Her  Majesty  for  him,  yet 
upon  earnest  request  of  some  of  my  friends,  I  surceased  my  suit 
therein  for  Dr.  Mathew,  who  has  very  hardly  requited  the  same 
towards  me.  I  shall  think  it  a  great  favour  from  Her  Majesty 
to  grant  me  the  same,  and  it  will  be  some  credit  to  me  in  this 
country. 

P.S. — If  Her  Majesty  has  any  intention  towards  me  as  you  told 
me  at  my  coming  away,  Bellamy's  being  dean  may  stand  me  in  good 
stead.  The  Eark  of  Westmoreland  were  ever  wont  to  be  stewards 
to  the  bishops  of  all  their  lands,  and  then  their  tenants  were  not  so 
pulled  or  piUed  by  the  bishops  as  they  have  since  been,  and  lately 
were  most  pitifully,  and  it  was  a  great  credit  to  the  Earls.  If  I  be 
placed  in  the  bishopric,  I  would  be  glad  to  be  steward  to  the  bishop, 
which  I  think  he  would  not  refuse,  if  Her  Majesty  would  but  move 
it  to  him.     [1  page.'] 

80.  Rob.  Cecil  to  his  father,  Lord  Burghley.  I  wiU  obey  your 
fatherly  counsel  about'my  duty  to  God,  and  to'  the  Earl  [of  Derby] 
whose  follower  I  am.  My  health  is  good,  especially  when  I  take  in 
the  mornings  in  the  top  of  the  castle  the  hungry  air  of  the  seaside, 
which  though  cold,  is  dry,  and  agrees  with  my  constitution.  The 
wind  is  contrary  to  a  hasty  passage,  but  the  time  seems  the  shorter 
from  my  being  admitted  to  the  conferences  upon  the  commissions  and 
instructions  between  the  two  civilians,  one  who  has  joined  reading 
with  his  travel,  the  other,  of  deep  learning,  slow  and  sure. 

By"Mr.  Crofts  I  received  a  gracious  message  from  Her  Majesty, 
under  her  sporting  name  of  pigmy,  bidding  me  take  care  of 
my  health,  and  looking  to  hear  from  me.  I  have  not  presumed 
to  write,  because  I  must  either  write  of  nothing,  or  enter  into 
what  is  subject  here  to  suspicion,  and  there  to  misconstruction. 
I  enclose  open,  for  you  to  see,  a  letter  to  my  cousin  Stanhope, 
which  I  know  he  will  show  her.  I  show  that  I  mislike  not  the 
name  she  gave  me,  only  because  she  gives  it.  It  was  interlaced 
with  fairer  words  than  I  am  worthy  of.  I  will  not  trouble  my 
lady  till  my  arrival  at  Ostend. 

P.S. I  fear  you  will  find  their  scruples  here  troublesome.     They 

were  sending  Rogers  to  you  thereon,  but  have  resolved  their  doubts. 
[1  page.] 


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1588. 
Feb.  24. 


Feb.  24. 

London. 


Feb.  25. 
Ostend. 


Vol.  XXX. 

81.  Certificate  by  Wm.  Clopton,  justice  of  peace  of  Suffolk,  that 
on  24  Feb.,  30  Eliz.,  "William  Wright  of  Hurthe^t  and  his  four 
sureties  appeared  before  him,  and  gave  bail,  Wright  in  200?.  and 
his  sureties  in  100?.  each,  that  Wright  should  be  of '  good  conduct 
and  should  not  transgress  the  statute  of  34  Edward  III.  against 
disturbers  of  the  peace.     [^  fage,  Latin,  damaged.'] 

82.  W.  Waad  and  Thomas  Bodley  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  We  ex- 
amined Ithell  ap  Harry,  and  enclose  his  examinations.  Other  questions 
were  put  to  him,  but  as  he  was  for  the  most  part  with  the  company, 
and  in  work,  following  his  science,  he  seemed  ignorant  of  Sir  WU- 
liam  [Stanley's  ?]  doings.  The  capacity  of  the  fellow  seems  not  fit  for 
any  other  matter  or  purpose.  He  was  employed  to  carry  a  letter, 
and  specially  picked  out  that,  if  he  should  miscarry,  no  great  matter 
might  be  had  of  him,  he  being  simple,  and  scarcely  able  to  speak 
English.  We  also  examined  Bray  and  Burlacy,  as  they  had  had 
conference  with  him,  and  Bray  had  formerly  known  him  in  Rome. 

P.S. — If  you  want  to  sift  out  Bering's  dealings,  I  have  good 
means  to  do  it,  having  had  some  inkling  before.     [1  page."] 

83.  Rob.  Cecil  to  Lord  Burghley,  Their  Lordships  arrived  safe 
an  hour  ago,  and  aU  their  company,  except  Mr.  Comptroller,  who 
embarked  at  Dover  on  Saturday,  and  we  hope  has  landed  at  Calais 

,  or  Dunkirk.  Sir  John  Conway  uses  me  with  favour  for  your  sake, 
and  by  his  means,  I  am  conveniently  lodged  as  near  Lord  Derby's 
house  as  this  bare  place  can  yield.  I  am  content,  for  it  was  my  own 
seeking,  though  I  had  your  toleration,  without  which;  I  should  never 
think  of  any  journey  however  pleasant ;  I  shall  dispense  with  in- 
conveniences as  well  as  my  betters,  yet  am  not  so  blind  as  to 
think  everything  good  because  I  desire  it.  My  duty  to  her  lady- 
ship. 

The  passage  was  good ;  we  embarked  in  the  Merlin  at  six  p.m.,  and 
anchored  near  the  Lord  Admiral,  who  had  40  sail  in  his  fleet,  and  was 
aboard  the  Ark  Ealeigh  till  1 0  p.m.,  when  he  weighed  anchor  and 
we  hoisted  sail.  I  lay  down,  and  never  waked  till  the  cock  crew, 
and  we  were  within  an  hour  of  Dunkirk.  By  10  we  arrived  at 
Ostend.     I  crave  your  and  my  mother's  blessing.     [If  pages.] 

Feb.  27.  84.  Thos.  Worthington  to  John  Smith  at  Marchem.  ,  I  have  been 
to  Ypres,  and  am  desired  by  Capt.  Bostock  to  ride  with  him  to 
Lisle  to  see  George  the  prisoner,  removed  thither  from  Nieuporfc, 
so  I  must  defer  coming  to  you  till  Lent.  Sir  Wm.  Stanley  gives 
me  so  cold  leave  for  my  journey  to  France  that  I  will  not  use 
it.  He  has  been  at  Court,  and  means  to  go  to  Bruges.  They 
say  the  English  beggars  of  peace  will  come  certainly  and  shortly, 
with  400  attendants.  Besides  Derby,  Cobham,  and  Crofts,  Amias 
Paulet,  gaoler  to  the  Holy  Queen  and  Martyress,  is  joined  in  com- 
mission. "Men  muse  they  are  so  mad  and  shameless  to  sue  for 
that  they  are  so  impossible  to  obtain,"  but  if  they  be  now  come  so 
near  an  end  of  their  treaty  as  we  hope  and  they  fear,  they  will  be 
blind  indeed,  and  play  more  foolish  pranks  yet.  fi  naae.  Endorsed, 
copy  of  a  leivd  letter.] 


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243 


1588. 
Feb.? 


Feb.? 

Calais. 


March  4. 

London. 


March  5. 


Vol.  XXX. 

The  new  establishment  of  the  number  of  all  manner  of  persons, 
the  lieutenant-general  of  the  army,  governors  of  the  two  cautionary 
towns,  captains  of  horse  and  foot,  and  soldiers,  in  the  Low  Countries 
in  Her  Majesty's  pay,  for  the  aid  of  the  States  of  Holland,  Zealand, 
and  other  provinces  united ;  with  the  several  rates  of  their  enter- 
tainment and  wages,  by  day,  month,  and  year,  ordinary  and  extra- 
ordinary ;  such  establishment  to  continue  during  pleasure,  and  to 
begin  from  25  Mar.  1588  ;  giving  the  names  of  the  principal  officers  and 
their  respective  rates  of  pay  ;  total  annual  charge,  125,3892.  13s.  id. 
[3  sheets,  pasted  together.    Domestic  Addenda,  Case  H.,  No.  22.] 

85.  Nicholas  Brown  to  his  cousin,  Thomas  Arger.  I  arrived  safely 
at  Calais,  and  have  had  some  talk  with  the  governor,  who  put  me 
under  Capt.  Froelland.  There  is  a  Dutchman  gone  into  England 
as  a  spy,  who  lacks  a  finger  on  his  left  hand.  The  Spanish  armada 
is  ready  to  come  this  summer,  [f  page.  Endorsed,  Rich.  Langton, 
from,  Calais.'\ 

86.  "Walter  Browne  to  Sir  John  Conway,  governor  of  Ostend.  I 
delivered  your  letters  to  my  Lord  of  Leicester,  and  received  the  one 
you  sent  by  the  skipper  that  brought  me  the  fresh  salmon,  for 
which  I  thank  you.  I  have  no  friends  that  I  can  make  account  of 
but  you,  now  that  my  lord  and  master  is  in  travel. 

You  ask  whether  my  Lord  of  Leicester  would  send  any  lexers, 
but  he  and  the  rest  of  the  Council  are  so  busy  in  the  Parliament, 
that  they  themselves  cannot  tell  as  yet  how  the  matter  will  stand 
in  the  Low  Countries ;  but  the  States  that  have  been  at  the  Court 
have  received  Her  Majesty's  answer,  and. are  coming  home,  and  I 
trust  we  shall  have  good  news  to  write  you  shortly.  I  intend  to 
come  and  lead  my  life  with  you,  as  long  as  you  remain  in  Ostend. 

I  have  been  hardly  dealt  with  in  London,  as  men  have  not  paid 
me  in  my  absence  any  money ;  had  I  received  it,  I  would  be  at  sea 
with  the  next  wind.  Be  good  to  my  cook,  as  I  left  him  there  to  see 
the  house  that  you  bestowed  on  me  made  clean.  I  long  to  hear 
whether  the  Queen  will  take  the  country  into  her  hands  or  not,  also 
whether  aU  of  Ostend  were  in  her  pay  ;  as  it  would  encourage  me  to 
fly  to  you  if  I  might.  My  wife  sends  commendations,  and  will  also 
come,  as  she  is  weary  of  London.  Commend  me  to  Mr.  Sotherman, 
Capt.  Egerton,  Dominik,  &c.     [1  page^ 

87.  Presentments  by  the  inquest  for  the  sewers,  sworn  before 
the  Commissioners  of  Sewers,  of  Thos  Jackson,  gent.,  and  John 
Smith,  his  tenant,  for  encroaching  and  narrowing  the  watercourse 
running  from  a  mill  near  Lewisham,  in  his  meadow,  called  Water 
Meadow.  They  are  to  dig  up  the  same,  and  make  the  sewer,  in 
those  six  roods  found  to  be  amiss,  four  yards  broad  at  top  and  three 
at  bottom,  by  Midsummer  day  next,  or  forfeit  6s.  for  every  rood 
unfinished.  Rich.  Miller,  Keeper  of  the  Queen's  grounds  at  Dept- 
ford,  and  Serjeant  Haynes,  Overseer  of  the  Queen's  Meadows, 
are  to  board  and  fill  up  with  earth  60  roods  of  the  wall,  near  the 
said  meadows,  by  Michaelmas  next,  or  forfeit  20s.  for  every  rood 
then  undone.     [^  sheef] 

Q  2 


244  DOMESTIC — ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH, 


1588.  ^«^-  ^^^- 

March  9.  88.  Attorney  General  Popham  and  Solicitor  General  Egerton  to 
Council.  We  liave  examined  the  cause  of  Jean  Carteret's  appeal  to 
you,. from  an  order  made  against  him  by  the  bailiff  and  jurats  of 
Jersey,  and  find  that  Carteret,  Phil.  Journiaulx,  and  Helier  Dumaresq 
petitioned  the  Queen  for  redress  of  the  courts  of  Jersey,  and  extirpa- 
tion of  the  Court  extraordinary  there,  and  got  many  signatures  to 
the  petition,  without  privity  of  the  governor  or  bailiff ;  thereupon 
ttie  lieutenant  committed  them  to  prison,  and  had  them  bound  to 
good  behaviour.  From  this  sentence  Carteret  appeals,  saying  they 
requested  reformation  of  the  Courts  from  the  bailiff ;  but  this  seems 
to  be  untrue.  The  petition  was  not  to  the  bailiff  but  the  Queen, 
and  for  extirpation  of  the  Court  extraordinary  which,  thougli 
anciently  used,  he  said  could  not  be  maintained  by  law. 

We  think  that  there  is  no  just  cause  of  appeal,  but  he  and  his 
confederates  deserve  reprehension.  We  return  the  proceedings,  and 
Carteret's  petition.     [1  page.l     Enclosing, 

88.  I.  Petition  of  Jean  de  Carteret  of  Jersey,  for  himself,  Philip 
Journiaulx,  and  others,-  to  Council.  Have  been  im- 
prisoned for  petitioning  the  bailiff  of  the  said  island  to 
reform  the  Courts  thereof,  and  compelled  to  put  in  sureties 
for  good  behaviour,  and  their  imprisonment  allowed  by 
Giles  Lemprihre,  and  other  jurats.  Have  appealed,  arid 
beg  discharge  from  the  said  sentence.     [^  sheet] 

88.  II.  Statement  of  the  matter  in  question,  of  which  John  de 
Carteret  for  hi/mself  and  Philip  Journiaulx  complain. 
That  they  and  others  of  Jersey  requested  Helier  Duma- 
resque,  a  jurat,  to  frame  and  present  a  petition  to  the 
Queen,  for  establishment  of  such  Courts  as  were  formerly 
held,  according  to  the  custom  of  Normandy  and  ancient 
usage,  on  which  account  they  were  imprisoned,  and  forced 
to  give  security  for  good  behaviour.  Being  jurats,  and 
sworn  to  permit  nothing  contrary  to  their  laws  and 
privileges,  they  appealed  according  to  the  charter,  to  King 
and  Council,  against  the  sentence  of  Giles  Lemprilre,  and 
other  jurats,  approving  the  imprisonment.  The  question 
is  whether  they  should  have  been  imprisoned.  [^  sheet] 
88.  III.  Objections  by  John  De  Carteret  against  the  sentence 
given  by  the  jurats  of  Jersey  against  himself  and  Philip 
Journiaulx,  from  which  they  have  appealed : — 

The  justices  say  that  Carteret  and  Journiaulx  were 
released  from  prison  21  Sept.  1587.  CaHeret  denies  it.. 
The  request  to  the  bailiff  for  redress  was  made  that  day 
by  Helier  Dumaresq,  a  justice,  but  they  were  not  released 
till  3  Oct.,  and  then  on  surety  for  good  behaviour. 

The  sentence  of  24  Oct  declares  that  they  have  chosen 
a  private  man  instead  of  a  public ;  but  the  said  Helier 
Dumaresq  has  been  a  jurat  15  years. 

They  did  not  wish  to  trouble  Her  Majesty,  for  in 
absence  of  Sir  Amias  Paulet,  they  first  resorted  to  the 
bailiff,  in  presence  of  the  lieutenant-governor. 


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1588. 


Vol.  XXX. 


The  sentence  declares  their  imprisonmient  just,  but 
says  they  are  dissolved  of  their  suretyship  of  the  rolls  of 
heritage ;  yet  this  sentence  does  not  satisfy  them,  being 
given  in  the  Court  of  chattell,  a  lesser  court  than  that 
of  heritage. 

The  acts  passed  against  them  should  be  of  no  force, 
being  so  contrary  and  uncertain,     [f  page.] 

88.  IV.  Counter  statement  of  Giles  Lemprihre  and  other  jurats  of 
Jersey  in  reference  to  the  points  of  dispute  between  them 
and  John  Carteret  and  Phil.  Jcurniaulx.     [9^  pages.] 

88.  V.  Certificate  by  Nich.  Sallemont  and  2C  others.  On  21  Sept., 
we  requested  Helier  Dumaresque  to  petition  the  Queen  for 
redress  of  the  Courts  of  Jersey,  according  to  the  custom  of 
Normandy  and  ancient  usage,  and  for  abolishing  the 
Court  called  extraordinary,  as  prejudicial  to  the  public 
weal  of  the  island.  The  bailiff  in  the  courts  of  heritage 
and  chattel  is  bound  to  yield  justice,  without  fee. 

The  same  day,  on  the  discharge  from  prison  of  John 
de  Carteret  and  Phil.  Journiaulx,  John  and  Clement 
Dumaresq,  Phil.  Meservy  and  Aaron  Hocart  becam,e 
bound  for  their  good  behaviour  in  2001.,  Carteret  and 
Journiaulx  swearing  to  save  them  harmless  therein. 

On  24  Oct.  1.587  Helier  Dumaresq,  John  de  Carteret, 
and  Phil.  Journiaulx  were  sentenced  to  be  imprisoned — 
their  sureties  being  discharged — 1.  For  condemning  by 
petition  the  Court  extrao7-dinary,  continued  by  the  States 
of  the  isle.  2.  For  getting  signatures  to  a  bill  to  Her 
Majesty,  without  informing  the  Governor  and  States  of 
the  isle.  3.  For  electing  a  private  person,  unauthorised 
by  the  States,  for  their  causes,  [f  page.] 
88.  VI.  Petition  of  John  Carteret  of  Jersey,  prisoner  in  the 
Marshalsea,  to  Lord  Chancellor  Hatton.  That  this  cause, 
ready  to  be  reduced  to  articles,  be  tried  in  Jersey,  and  he 
released  on  giving  bond  for  his  appearance,  the  complaints 
against  him  not  being  proved. 

March  17.  89.  "Barnes'  report  of  his  journey  and  proceedings  since  his 
departure."  I  went  to  Paris,  but  not  finding  Lord  Paget  and  others, 
there  being  garboils,  I  returned  to  Rouen,  where  I  heard  from  the 
Bishop  of  Ross  that  there  were  practices  to  win  the  King  of  Scots, 
or  some  of  his  nobles,  to  adhere  to  the  party  of  Spain  ;  and  that 
either  Holt  or  some  other  Jesuit,  should  go  to  Scotland  about  it ; 
and  he  commended  me  to  Holt  for  employment,  on  account  of  my 
service  to  the  late  Queen  of  Scots. 

In  eight  days  I  went  to  Brussels,  where  I  found  Lord  Paget, 
Chas.  Paget,  Thos.  Morgan,  &c.,  who  suspected  me  of  discovering 
some  matters  concerning  the  Queen  of  Scots,  and  the  conspiracy  of 
the  gentlemen  executed;  but  I  cleared  myself  by  letters  com- 
mendatory and  protestations  of  that  unjust  suspicion,  and  satisfied 
them  why  I  abode  so  long  here,  though  in  danger  of  being  appre- 
hended, and  how  I  got  away  at  last.     Thereon  they  concluded  that 


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1588. 


March  ? 


March  18. 
My  poor 
lodging, 

meet  Street. 


Vol.  XXX.  , 

Gilbert  Gifford  had  accused  me  of  the  crime  which  he  had  himself 
committed  ;  this  was  confirmed  hy  letters  taken  when  my  cousin 
Gilbert  was  apprehended. 

After  10  days,  when  I  was  restored  to  confidence,  I  was  taken 
up  on  suspicion,  for  being  in  the  company  of  Jas.  Daniel,  who  was 
commended  to  me  by  some  priests,  but  was  detected  as  a  spy.  Lord 
Paget,  Father  Holt,  Owen,  Thos.  Throckmorton  and  Morgan,  pro- 
cured my  release  the  same  day.  I  had  conveyed  away  my  papers 
and  ciphers  before  they  searched  my  house,  and  rose  in  their  good 
opinion  when  there  was  nothing  of  sinister  meaning  found,  after  so 
narrow  a  search.  Wishiag  to  recover  a  copy  of  my  cipher,  to  deliver 
some  intercepted  letters,  and  to  gain  directions,  I  returned  hither, 
pretending  private  business  at  Lisle.  A  Portuguese,  who  has  for- 
saken Don  Antonio,  lately  arrived  at  Brussels,  and  discovered 
matters  of  importance  about  our  fleet,  for  which  the  Duke  of  Parma 
has  promised  Mm  restitution  of  what  he  lost  in  Portugal  for  following 
Don  Antonio.  The  Duke  has  held  musters,  and  increased  Antwerp 
garrison.  Middleton,  late  an  English  merchant,  now  a  pensioner 
of  the  Duke,  dealt  with  Oapt.  Morgan  to  surrender  Bergen-op-Zoom, 
but  without  success. 

Our  Cardinal  will  not  come  from  Rome  this  summer.  Father 
Parsons  is  gone  from  Eome  to  Spain,  and  Father  Arnold,  prior  of  the 
English  Carthusians,  is  going  from  Louvaine  to  Vienna,  by  the 
Pope's  order,  but  the  reason  of  it  is  not  known.  Lord  Paget  is  going 
to  the  Spa  for  his  health,  with  his  brother  Charles  and  Mr.  Liggons. 

Our  English  pensioners  are  in  bare  estate,  and  there  are  great  divi- 
sions amongst  them.  Owen  and  Tresham  so  hate  each  other  that 
the  Duke's  officers  have  ordered  them  to  keep  their  chamber  till 
Lord  Paget  and  Sir  William  Stanley  can  pacify  them.  Those  that 
are  poorer  envy  those  that  have  more.  Owen  has  greatest  influence 
with  the  Duke  and  our  Cardinal.  Some  go  to  Spain  for  entertain- 
ment, for  every  man  that  will  go  with  the  Armada  has  10  crowns  a 
month  duly  paid. 

It  is  said  that  my  cousin  Gilbert,  on  hope  of  enlargement,  has 
undertaken  the  detection  of  the  enterprize  of  the  gentlemen,  and 
the  discovery  of  the  intercourse  and  convoy  to  the  Queen  of  Scots. 
I  hear  that  for  quarrelling  with  his  keeper,  he  is  removed  to  a 
worse  prison,  or  to  the  dungeon.  I  shall  know  more  when  I  return 
to  Brussels,  where  I  shall  find  Chas.  Paget,  newly  come  from  France. 
[2 J  pages,  endorsed  by  Phelippes.] 

90.  Receipt  by  Thos.  Barnes  of  51.  from  Thos.  Sawtell,  servant 
to  [Thos.  Phelippes].     [Scrap.'] 

91.  Sir  Amias  Paulet  to  Sec.  "Walsingham.  Thanks  for  favour 
in  the  late  Jersey  cause.  The  complainant  intends  to  petition  for  a 
hearing  from  the  other  justices  of  Jersey  not  agents  before  ;  this  is 
preposterous,  done  but  to  delay  his  punishment,  and  derogatory  to 
the  authority  of  the  justices,  gentlemen  of  the  best  calling  in  the 
isle.  The  cause  will  not  bear  this  proceeding  ;  the  only  question  to 
be  decided  is  whether  his  appeal  or  the  sentence  from  which  he 
has  appealed  is  most  just.     If  the  justices  have  pronoiinced  partially 


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March  24. 
Hontauban. 


March  ? 
Paris. 


Vol.  XXX. 

or  maliciously,  they  are  subject,  by  the  laws  of  the  isle,  to  grievous 
punishment ;  but  if  the  complainant  have  appealed  unjustly,  he  ought 
to  smart  for  his  forwardness. 

I  desire  their  Lordships'  sentence,  which  I  will  see  executed,  but 
I  believe  the  appeal  unjust,  and  simply  from  old  malice.  I  am 
sorry  that  my  infirmity  prevents  me  following  this  cause  in  person. 
[1|  pages.] 

92.  Anthony  Bacon  to  Sec.  Walsingham,  I  beg  to  recommend  to 
you  Mons.  Lauzon,  who  has  been  of'great  service  to  me  and  others, 
and  hope  you  will  see  him  soon  after  he  arrives.  Now  that  I  am  con- 
valescent, I  hope  soon  to  be  with  you.  I  feel  sure  that  by  your  help 
and  that  of  the  Lord  Treasurer,  the  King  will  make  no  difficulty  in 
granting  me  ample  passports,  for  the  Ambassador  wrote  to  me  that 
he  would  do  it  when  asked,  and  I  know  not  why  the  King  should 
be  offended  with  me.     [^  pc^gs.'] 

93.  Michael  Gaffney  to  his  cousin  Kobert  Gaffney,  in  Ireland. 
Calling  to  mind  time  past  so  evilly  spent,  I  patiently  lament,  and  by 
daily  afflictions  am  miserably  oppressed,  through  my  innumerable 
offences  against  God,  expecting  no  end  in  this  world  but  the  most 
miserable  cross.  I  taste  no  wealth,  but  woe  rests  with  me,  to 
which  I  am  persuaded  I  was  predestinated  the  day  I  was  born. 
Hope  is  lost ;  think  you  on  your  poor  desolate  cousin,  when  you  are 
in  vestris  deliciis  ?  I  am  persuaded  no  ;  either  because  my  heinous 
offences  persuade  you  to  the  contrary,  or,  drowned  in  worldly  care, 
your  heart  is  hardened  against  a  poor  orphan.  Pity  the  state 
of  your  lost  kinsman,  if  God  and  your  help  does  not  draw  shortly 
near  ;  for  death  itself  has  refused  me,  and  what  hope  have  I  in  any 
friend  living,  since  the  very  enemy  will  not  strike  ? 

I  have  kept  in  bed  these  11  months,  through  a  musket  ballet 
that  pierced  my  chest,  and  killed  my  feUow  that  stood  behind  ;  but 
cursed  be  that  death  that  left  me  to  languish.  My  lodging  is  base, 
my  relief  worse,  bread  and  water  mixed  with  a  little  salt,  once  in 
24  hours  ;  and  this  has  been  my  diet  this  seven  months,  for  want  of 
means  to  pay  for  better.  The  Francisian  Friars  and  Jesuits  have 
paid  for  me  to  the  apothecary  and  surgeons  150  guilders,  151. 
English,  through  devotion,  and  I  owe  them  220  guilders,  for 
which  I  am  so  straightly  kept ;  but  I  would  they  had  given  me  a 
poison  to  end  my  days,  that  I  might  not  have  been  a  burden  to  you 
or  any  other.  I  will  request  nothing  at  your  hands  from  duty,  but 
only  for  the  love  of  God,  and  as  of  your  flesh  and  blood  ;  as  you 
are  wise,  if  you  be  charitable,  consider  my  poverty  and  misery. 
As  I  now  begin  to  have  health,  I  am  anxious  for  liberty,  and  to 
quit  my  debt.  You  will  find  me  at  the  sign  of  the  Horn,  in 
St.  James's  Street,  Paris. 

I  have  no  news,  but  I  can  tell  you  the  King  of  Spain  is  like  to 
have  victory  of  all  Christendom  ;  so  encourage  yourselves  that  are 
good  Catholics,  against  his  coming,  for  you  shall  see  how  the  valiant 
Christian  King  of  Spain  wiU  play  his  part.  If  you  think  I  may 
safely  write  you  of  the  stirs  of  these  countries,  send  me  word,  for 


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March  ? 


April  5. 
The  Court, 
Greenwich. 


April  1]. 

I'aris. 


Voi,.  XXX. 

I  am  a  Catholic,  and  so  will  I  die.  Be  steadfast  in  your  belief,  and 
no  doubt  through  my  being  here,  you  shall  not  lose  hereafter.  I 
am  in  want  of  nothing  now,  but  some  money  to  set  me  forward. 
Write  me  how  my  tenant,  John  Archer,  is,  and  how  all  affairs  are 
in  that  country  ;  help  me  now,  and  you  shall  not  want  help  here- 
after. I  make  no  mention  of  wife  or  wives,  but  cursed  be  that 
hour  that  ever  I  did  mean  it :  pity  my  state  as  you  mean  to  be 
pitied  hereafter,  and  send  me  word  whether  I  may  safely  write  to 
you  or  not.     [3  pages.     Endorsed,  Intercepted  letter.'] 

94.  Opinion  of  Lord  Grey,  Sir  Fras.  Knollys,  Sir  John  Norris, 
Sir  Rich.  Bingham,  Sir  Roger  Williams,  and  others,  in  reference  to 
a  Spanish  invasion.  Of  16  places  named,  at  which  they  may  most 
probably  land,  think  Milford,  Plymouth,  Portland,  Isle  of  Wight, 
Portsmouth,  and  the  Thames  should  be  fortified  ;  reasons  therefor, 
and  whether  opposition  should  be  made  by  fortifications,  or  gathering 
troops.  -  Suggestions  about  the  training  of  garrisons.  If  a  landing 
is  made,  all  victuals  should  be  removed,  and  the  enemy  kept  in  alarm, 
but  no  battle  attempted  without  a  good  army,  the  lieutenants  of 
counties  acting  as  colonels.  Arrangements  for  raising  a  fitting  army, 
in  diff'erent  places  where  the  enemy  might  land  ;  one  army  to  be 
specially  provided  for  safeguard  of  Her  Majesty's  person.  Pro- 
visions for  armour,  training  of  the  troops,  &c.  The  King  of  Spain 
is  not  hopeless  of  help  from  popish  malcontents  ;  these  should  be 
proceeded  against  severely  by  martial  law.  The  King  of  Spain 
should  be  made  to  believe  that  the  armed  soldiers  are  double  or 
treble  their  numbers,  and  that  there  is  a  determination  to  land  in 
Portugal  or  the  Indies,  which  opinion  will  be  fortified  by  the 
preparation  of  ships  to  go  under  Sir  Fras.  Drake.  Precautions 
should  be  taken  that  the  ships  at  Rochester  be  not  entrapped. 
[5  pagesi\ 

95.  Lord  Chancellor  Hatton  to  Lord  Burghley.  Her  Majesty  has 
just  sent  Michael  Stanhope  to  me,  to  signify  her  pleasure  touching 
the  return  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain ;  viz.,  that  if  his  aS"airs  here  may 
be  conveniently  dispatched  by  any  of  his  sons,  or  any  other  frien.d, 
without  danger  to  his  estate,  he  should  not  withdraw  from  his 
charge,  until  matters  grew  to  more  peaceable  terms  ;  otherwise  she 
grants  him  licence  to  repair  hither  for  one  fortnight  only,  so  that 
the  Marshal  and  Treasurer  both  be  left  there,  to  supply  the  place  in 
his  absence,  with  express  charge  to  see  the  same  duly  performed 
according  to  his  directions.  The  form  of  your  letters  must  therefore 
be  altered  according  to  Her  Majesty's  pleasure.     [|  page,  copy.] 

96.  Richard  Hakluyt  to  Lord  Burghley.  Eight  or  ten  days  after 
my  return  to  Paris  from  England,  the  Earl  of  Westmoreland  secretly 
sent  a  French  servant  twice,  requesting  to  speak  with  me.  After  I 
had  acquainted  my  Lord  Ambassador  with  it,  I  went  to  know  the 
Earl's  will,  and  found  him  anxious  for  your  answer  concerning  his  suit 
to  Her  Majesty.  I  told  him  how  willing  I  found  you  to  move  her  to 
be  gracious,  and  that  if  I  had  not  been  so  suddenly  dispatched,  and 
you  had  had  time  to  write  to  Sir  Edw.  [Stafford]  you  might  have 


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returned  him  some  answer  ;  he  requested  me  to  write  and  beseech 
you  to  let  him  hear  from  you  soon.  He  showed  unfeigned  desire  to 
do  some  special  piece  of  service,  and  told  me  that  Morgan  the  arch- 
traitor,  had  come  again  to  Paris,  about  some  bad  practices,  adding, 
with  deep  oaths,  that  if  lie  might  Iwpe  from  you  of  Her  Majesty's 
favour,  (whom  he  humbly  besought  to  consider  his  youth,  and 
ignorance  of  the  subtle  trains  of  the  woi-ld,  when  he  was  drawn  into 
heinous  offence),  he  would  hazard  his  person  to  prove  his  affection 
to  her  and  his  country. 

He  told  me  that  Lord  Maxwell  of  Scotland,  who  had  been  in 
Spain  great  part  of  last  year,  had  secretly  gone  down  from  hence  to 
the  Duke  of  Parma,  accompanied  only  with  the  Scot  who  betrayed 
Lierre  in  Brabant.  He  said  that  he  had  good  means  to  understand 
the  practices  of  Spain  by  Higginton,  an  English  priest,  who  was  at 
his  devotion,  and  abiding  in  this  town,  and  to  whom  Sir  Fras.  Engle- 
field  writes  often  on  matters  of  importance,  which  he  would  reveal 
to  me  or  such  as  you  should  appoint.  He  also  signified  that  Mendoza, 
the  Spanish  Ambassador,  not  being  able  to  read  the  letters  sent  to 
him  from  his  master,  through  decay  of  sight,  is  constrained  to  use  a 
young  man  to  read  them  to  him,  with  whom  his  lordship  is  ac- 
quainted, and  hopes  to  draw  matters  of  weight  from  him.  He  as- 
sured me  that  the  fleet  at  Lisbon  would  not  stir  until  the  beginning 
of  May,  if  at  all,  and  that  it  was  himself  that  gave  the  first  notice  of 
the  arrival  at  Rheims  of  Holt  and  Creswell,  the  two  English  Jesuits, 
from  Rome. 

P.S. — Pray  bestow  the  wardship  of  young  Clinton,  of  Hereford- 
shire, on  my  cousin  Wigmore.     [2  pages,  noted  by  Burghley.'] 

April  15.  97.  Sir  John  Selby  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  The  bearer,  my  son, 
Berwick.  according  to  your  order,  laid  in  bond  for  obeying  the  award  of  the 
arbitrators,  who  met,  but  could  do  no  good,  by  reason  of  Mr.  Claver- 
ing's  unreasonable  demands  ;  so  that  we  expected  nothing  but  trial 
at  law,  if,  at  the  return  of  the  parties  this  term,  you  compounded  not 
the  matter.  Five  days  since  however,  Sir  Cuthbert  Collingwood 
and  Mr.  Clavering  voluntarily  came  here,  and  requested  my  Lord 
Chamberlain  to  end  this  trouble ;  he  sent  for  me,  my  brother 
Captain  Selby,  and  my  son,  and  declared  what  they  had  said,  which 
we  well  liked,  and  a  day  was  appointed  for  hearing  the  matter,  but 
broken  by  Sir  Cuthbert  and  Clavering ;  yet  they  came  to  the  town, 
as  they  pretended,  for  that  cause,  the  very  morning  that  my  Lord 
Chamberlain  took  his  journey  towards  Court.  As  he  could  not 
hear  the  cause,  he  ordered,  by  their  motion,  that  proceedings  at  law 
be  deferred  until  next  term  ;  so  that  meantime,  he  may  either  hear 
the  matter  in  the  country,  if  he  returns  before  the  term,  or  else  the 
parties  repair  to  London,  to  have  it  deteimined  there,  if  his  lordship 
does  not  return. 

We  always  have  desired  and  still  desire  a  good  end  of  this  trouble, 
and  reconciliation  with  our  neighbours,  whereof  we  should  conceive 
the  better  hope  if  your  leisure  would  serve  to  join  with  my  Lord 
Chamberlain  in  this  cause  ;  for  as  my  sou  offered,  when  last  in 
London,  to  abide  your  order  only,  so  could  he  be  best  contented 
still  to  do  so,  and  had  never  sought  other  means,  if  this  last  motion 


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had  not  first  proceeded  on  their  part,  frpm  "which  we  cannot  disfsent. 
[]  page.] 

April  25.  98.  Warrant  to  Gregory  Lovell,  cofferer,  Alex.  Horden  and 
Green-wich.  John  Kay,  clerks  of  the  Green  Cloth,  and  to  Earth.  Fowke,  and 
Mich.  Payne,  clerks  comptrollers  of  the  household,  to  allow  payment 
to  Ferdinando  Heyborn,  alias  Richardson,  made  groom  of  the  Privy 
Chamber,  of  51.  wages  quarterly,  as  given  to  the  grooms  of  the  Privy 
Chamber.  With  note  that  the  officers  now  are  :  Sir  Hen.  Cock, 
cofferer ;  Earth.  Fowke  and  Rich.  Erowne,  clerks  of  the  Green 
Cloth;  and  Robert  Vernon  and  Marmaduke  Darell,  clerks  comp- 
trollers,    [f  page.] 

Endorsed:  "Mr.  Ferdinando's  warrant  for  his  entertainment,  as 
groom  of  the  chamber,  27  May  1603.  Patrick  Pitcairne  the  like, 
21  June  1603  ;  and  12  July  1603,  Miles  Rainsford,  John  Repton, 
Edw.  Lassells,  Robt.  le  Gris,  and  Patrick  Pitcairne  in  one  bill," 

April  28.  99.  Henry  Earl  of  Huntingdon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.  Having' 
York.  enjoyed  better  health  since  my  letter  of  the  1 6th,  I  have  taken 
another  view  of  the  horsemen,  as  I  heard  that  at  their  muster  on  the 
11th,  they  were  not  so  good  as  I  was  led  to  believe ;  and  truly  I  find 
the  furniture  of  this  country  weak,  but  hope  it  may  in  some  sort 
be  amended,  if  I  may  call  upon  particular  gentlemen,  when  cause  of 
service  needs,  to  come  in  person  themselves,  and  bring  with  them, 
according  to  their  ability,  such  a  number  of  men  on  horseback  as 
they  can  well  furnish.  This  has  been  the  usual  course  here  in 
former  times,  and  never  any  certain  number  set  upon  any  man  until 
of  late  years  ;  I  find  by  proof  that  he  who  has  six  good  horses  is 
scarcely  willing  at  a  muster  to  show  one,  unless  compelled  by  law  ; 
for  all  men  here  have  no  liking  to  be  inrolled  in  a  muster  book,  but  if 
called  in  this  sort,  will  willingly  charge  themselves  to  the  uttermost. 

For  petronels  or  carbines,  as  some  call  them,  many  may  be  raised, 
but  not  in  that  sort  as  my  Lords  directed  by  their  letters  of  2  Aug. 
1586  ;  for  many  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  are  not  able  to  furnish 
both  a  light  horse  and  two  petronels,  and  yet  for  the  service  of  the 
country  as  justices  of  peace,  they  are  men  not  to.  be  spared. 

Since  my  last  coming,  I  have  earnestly  spoken  to  sundry  gentle-- 
men  to  raise  some  lancers  for  defence  of  the  realm  against  invasion, 
and  found  at  first  many  willing,  though  a  service  strange  to  these 
countrymen,  and  never  required  of  any  here  before.  But  I  perceive 
since  that  they  are  most  loath  to  enter  into  that  charge,  because 
they  fear  they  should  always  hereafter  be  charged  for  aU  kind  of 
service,  as  other  parts  of  the  realm  be  ;  if  assured  that  they  should 
only  serve  towards  Scotland,  as  in  former  times,  they  would  neither 
shrink  much  at  this,  nor  be  so  backward  at  the  muster  of  light 
horsemen.  The  number  of  good  geldings  is  much  decayed  in  these 
North  parts,  but  yet  it  is  far  greater  than  I  can  get  to  be  seen  at 
any  muster,  do  what  I  can  ;  and  one  principal  cause  is  that  they  are 
unwilling  to  come  into  the  muster  book,  lest  they  should  be  called 
upon  for  any  service  in  Ireland,  or  other  parts  than  towards  Scotland. 

The  400  light  horse  heretofore  certified  will  be  raised,  and  be 
better  than  these  two  last  musters  have  given  me  cause  to  hope. 
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AprD.  100.  Ant.  Bacon  to  Sec.  Walsingham.     Ingratitude  ia  the  basest  of 

sins,  and  I  have  received  so  many  kindnesses  from  M.  de  Cahors, 
■without  having  seen  him,  that  I  cannot  lose  this  opportunity  of 
pleasing  him  in  begging  favour  for  Powel  and  Jonas  Meredith  of 
Wales,  prisoners  only  for  religion.  I  entreat  you  to  enlarge  them,  on 
account  of  the  signal  services  I  have  received  from  M.  Cahors,  and 
other  very  honourable  Catholics.     [1  fage,  French^ 

May  4.  101.  Indenture  between  Sir  William  Catesby,  knight,  of  Water 
Lambeth,  and  John  Catesby  of  South wark,  both  co.  Surrey,  whereby 
the  latter,  being  seized  of  a  tenement,  garden,  and  orchard  in  Water 
Lambeth,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Sir  William,  and  it  being  copy- 
hold of  inheritance,  and  held  only  in  trust  to  the  use  and  behoof  of  ■ 
the  said  Sir  William  and  his  heirs,  covenants  to  surrender  the  same  to 
him  or  to  such  as  he  shall  by  deed  or  will  appoint ;  and  in  case  he 
shall  not  exercise  such  power,  to  Robt.  Catesby,  son  and  heir  of  Sir 
WiUiam.     [2J  sheets,  copy.] 

May  24.  102..  Sir  Edward  Stafford  to  Lord  Burghley.  Having  so  much  to 
Paris.  do  that  I  know  not  which  way  to  turn,  I  must  crave  pardon  for  not 
writing  more  at  large,  but  refer  you  to  Mr.  Secretary's  letters,  to 
whom  I  have  written  both  in  letters  and  in  a  little  billet  in  oil  such 
things  as.  pass  here.  I  have  also  written  to  him  about  Lord  West- 
moreland's departure  hence,  and  the  answer  to  be  given  to  him, 
which  he  has  left  orders  to  one  here  to  send  to  him.  [f  page.  The 
italics  in  cipher  deciphered.'] 

June  20.  103.  Note  of  corn,  rye,  barley,  wheat,  malt,  cattle,  and  money 
delivered  by  the  writer's  son  Francis,  with  particulars  of  the  prices, 
and  the  fields  from  whence  the  grain  was  taken.  Endorsed  with  a 
portion  of  a  letter  requesting  some  one  to  procure  the  writer  the 
money,  if  he  should  stand  in  need  of  it.     [1^  pages,  imperfect] 

June?  104.  [ of  Hythe to  Sec.  Walsingham.]  We  of  Hythe cut  out 

a  haven  at  great  charge,  thinking  it  would  add  to  the  maintenance 
of  our  fishing,  which  has  become  scarcer  and  more  miserable,  through 
the  acts  of  Roger  Stares,  bailiff,  jurat,  and  comptroller;  John 
Bridgeman,  jurat  and  innholder ;  William  Dranton,  butcher  and 
jurat,  and  William  Tysder,  shoemaker  and  jurat.  One  night,  when 
Stares  was  bailiff,  certain  horses  and  mares  were  shipped  in  a 
Frenchman's  boat,  contrary  to  law,  whereupon  she  was  seized  by 
four  men  in  the  Queen's  name.  Dranton  being  the  merchant,  went 
to  the  bailiff,  and  called  these  men  rogues  and  beggars.  The  bailiff 
got  up  and  took  some  men  with  him,  and  when  those  in  possession 
of  the  boat  desired  him,  in  the  Queen's  behalf,  to  aid  them,  he 
promised  to  do  so ;  but  took  them  by  violence,  and  carried  them  to 
prison,  and  made  out  a  cocket  for  the  Frenchmen  to  pass  freely. 
He  then  kept  the  men  in  prison  as  long  as  he  thought  fit,  and 
banished  two  of  them  the  town,  without  a  passport ;  the  other  two 
were  men  servants. 

Dranton  is  also  a  transporter  of  tallow,  the  shipping  of  which  is 
done  at  night.     Last   St.  Thomas's  day,  he  shipped  some,  which 


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being  espied  by  a  young  man,  he  went  to  the  searcher ;  but  they 
hearing  of  it,  conveyed  it  out  of  that  boat  into  another  belonging 
to  Nicholas  Tooke,  jurat,  living  on  the  other  side  of  the  haven,  and 
a  carter  there  brought  it  home  by  the  back  side  of  the  town. 
Dranton  also  suffered  two  shiploads  of  oats  to  go  out  of  the  haven, 
before  which  we  had  oats  at  6d.  a  bushel,  but  within  two  market 
days,  they  were  at  Is.  Sd.  a  bushel ;  and  oatmefil  risen  from  Id.  two 
quarts  to  Id.  a  quart.  He  has  also  railed  in  a  bowling  green,  to 
maintain  unlawful  games.  He  also  freighted  a  boat  belonging  to 
Micliael  Bucland  to  transport  ready  killed  beef  and  pork  in  barrels, 
and  sent  his  son  over  with  it ;  if  this  is  suifered,  it  will  cause  great 
dearth,  which  the  poor  will  rue.  This  was  done  on  the  Sunday 
before  last  Christmas,  at  the  same  time  that  the  bailiff's  tallow  was 
going  over  ;  and  the  young  man  that  betrayed  him  to  the  searcher, 
has  been  banished  the  town.  Dranton  maintains  a  Fleming,  who 
was  three  times  presented  for  a  vagabond,  to  the  hindrance  of  a 
poor  English  surgeon  of  the  town. 

John  Bridgeman  keeps  a  common  inn,  and  sells  wine  contrary  to 
the  statute,  and  carries  on  baking,  and  will  not  suffer  any  common 
baker  to  dwell  in  the  town.  He  also  keeps  a  house  for  card  and 
dice  playing,  &c. ;  and  although  the  justices  of  the  county  will  not 
suffer  such  things,  they  are  maintained  there. 

Since  14  April  1568,  there  have  been  at  least  nine  score  of  horses, 
niares,  colts,  and  geldings  shipped  over  ;  the  merchants  that  suffered 
such  things  are  Robert  Gilbard,  Peter  Blewercourt,  John  Gorrara, 
John  Dranton,  John  Bridgeman,  and  Wm.  Dranton.  Whoever  speaks 
against  these  things  has  the  prison  for  his  reward,  and  is  banished 
the  town  ;  and  when  the  dozen  writs  were  sen'^ed  out  of  the 
Exchequer,  for  honest  men  of  the  town  to  come  up  to  declare 
the  truth,  the  bailiff,  with  two  of  the  transporters,  came  up  to 
London,  and  arranged  with  the  informer  for  30?.,  so  that  the  matter 
fell  through  ;  and  now  they  transport  faster  than  ever  they  did. 
[2  pages.] 

July.  105.   Note  that  though  the   yearly  pay  of  six  horse  bands  is 

17,520?.,  and  of  eight  foot  bands,  16,084?.  6s.  8d.,  the  former  ex- 
ceeding the  latter  by  1,435?.  13s.  4c?. ;  yet  the  imprest  to  the  horse 
is  180?.  weekly,  and  that  to  the  foot,  194?.  8s.  [J  page,  endorsed 
hy  Burghley.l 

Aug.  9.  106.  Orders  set  down  by  Baron  J.  Clench  and  Fr.  Rodes,  justices 

Carlisle.  of  assize  at  Carlisle,  bet.ween  the  officers,  farmers,  and  tenants  of 
the  Eai-l  of  Arundel,  and  Lord  Wm.  Howard,  of  the  one  part, 
and  Fras.  Dacre  of  the  other  part,  concerning  the  inheritance  of 
tlie  late  Lord  Dacre,  in  Westmoreland,  Cumberland,  and  Northum- 
berland :  — 

1.  The  peace  is  to  he  inviolately  observed  by  all  parties. 

2.  The  tenants  and  occupieis  on  both  sides  shall  peaceably  hold 
and  enjoy  their  several  tenements,  crops,  &c.  until  either  the 
Council,  the  Lord  Lieutenimt  of  the  North  parts,  or  a  trial  at 
common  law  shall  otherwise  direct. 


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3.  All  the  tenants,  &c.  on  both  sides  shall  pay  their  rents  to 
such  of  the  said  parties  as  they  do  now,  unless  they  are  willing, 
without  force,  to  pay  it  in  any  other  sort. 

4.  Edw.  Blewerhassett,  committed  to  ward  for  telling  th3 
Sheriff  that  if  one  knight  carried  his  hay  to  his  bam,  he  would 
burn  the  barn,  though  he  were  hanged  an  liour  after,  is  to  be 
bound  before  his  enlargement  to  his  good  behaviour,  that  neither 
he,  nor  any  by  his  procurement  spoil  any  houses  or  grounds  of 
any  person. 

5.  That  neither  Launcelot  Carleton,  nor  any  other  of  the 
Carletons,  nor  any  by  their  means,  shall  take  or  do  any  waste  in 
any  house  or  building  now  upon  any  of  the  lands,  wastes,  or 
moors  in  question. 

6.  All  the  buildings  and  woods  now  standing  upon  the  pre- 
mises shall  be  henceforth  preserved,  until  further  order  from 
Council. 

7.  No  distresses  shall  be  made  on  either  side,  for  any  rent  or 
service,  until  like  further  order,  as  there  are  140  suits  commenced 
against  Dacre  and  his  tenants,  and  as  many  distresses  taken. 

8.  Thomas  and  Launcelot  Carleton,  with  two  sureties  each,  shall 
be  bound  in  5001.  for  performance  of  these  orders,  and  for  their 
good  behaviour. 

9.  Dacre  shall  be  bound  in  5001.  for  performance  thereof. 

10.  Leonard  Musgrave  shall  be  bound  to  his  good  behaviour, 
because  he  went  into  the  pulpit  to  move  certain  persons  to  adhere 
to  Dacre. 

11.  As  there  have  been  some  disorders  against  Dacre 's  kee])ing 
his  Courts,  the  keeping  of  Courts  shall  be  stayed  on  both  sides, 
until  further  order  from  Council.  [1  page,  copy  examined  by 
a.  Somerscales.] 

Aucf.  13.  "107.  Similar  orders.  Adding  that  no  buildings  or  woods  in  North- 
Kewoastle.  umberland  be  wasted  on  either  side ;  and  that  as  the  steward  and 
officers  of  the  Earl  of  Arundel  and  of  Lord  Howard  have,  without 
stop  or  let  of  Mr.  Dacre,  kept  the  three  weeks'  Court  at  Morpeth, 
the  keeping  of  such  Courts  shall  so  continue  until  next  Christmas, 
when  they  are  to  cease,  and  not  be  renewed  by  either  part.  With 
bond  of  Edw.  Gray  of  Morpeth,  Lucas  Ogle,  and  Ant.  Eelton, 
attorney,  in  500  marks  each,  for  Gray's  performing  the  said  orders. 
[I  sheet.] 

Aug.  13.  108.  Memorandum  that  6,0001.  is  to  be  paid  to  Sir  "Wm.  Eeade  to 
be  conveyed  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  President  and  Lieutenant 
in  the  North,  to  be  issued  by  direction  of  the  Lord  Treasurer  for  the 
service  there,  by  a  Privy  Seal  dated  13  Aug.  1588.  With  notes  [by 
Burghley]  how  such  sum  is  to  be  distributed  between  Mr.  Bowes, 
Mr.  Anderson,  Lord  Scrope,  and  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon;  also  for 
a  warrant  for  4,000Z.  to  be  sent  to  Ireland,  for  moneys  due  upon 
bills  of  the  Treasurer  there,  to  be  paid  to  sundry  persons  in  England. 
[Scrap.] 


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1588.  ^°^-^^- 

Aug.  16.         109.  Warrant  to  John  Phillips,  gun  founder,  to  cast  12  bastard 
The  Court,    deml-culverins,  ■weighing  25  cwt.  a  piece,  for  Michael  de  Decher  to 
transport  for  defence  of  Middleburg  in  Zealand,     [J  page,  draft.] 

Sept.  •^.  110.  Edward  Palmer,  priest,  to  Sec.  Walsinghaui.  I  should  have 
St.  John  de  written  before,  but  my  passage  was  stopped  from  coming  hither 
until  the  2nd,  when  the  Spaniards  having  notice  of  the  arrival  of 
an  English  ship,  Francisco  Dearjola,  provider  for  all  the  King's 
armadas  made  in  Guigeaqua,  called  me  before  him,  and  forced 
me  to  come  hither,  to  learn  the  news  brought  by  the  English, 
and  what  was  become  of  the  Spanish  army ;  they  had  no  news 
of  them  more  than  that  off  Cadiz,  they  were  driven  from  their 
anchors  by  seven  English  ships  which  came  on  them  all  on  fire,  and 
that  they  were  gone  to  the  northward  towards  Scotland.  Having 
obtained  a  confirmation  of  this,  I  returned  with  the  news,  which 
was  little  to  their  comfort,  so  that  I  was  forced  to  fly  the  country  ; 
to  this  time  they  know  no  certainty  of  their  armada. 

Six  days  since.  Captain  Oquendo  arrived  at  the  Passage,  with  six 
other  sail,  and  brought  their  testimonials  on  their  sides,  whence 
they  came,  with  the  loss  of  half  their  men  in  fighting,  famine,  and 
sickness,  and  crying  out  against  Sir  Fras.  Drake,  that  he  was  a 
devil  and  no  man.  These  seven  ships  report  -  that  there  were 
upwards  of  40  sail  on  this  coast ;  that  a,fter  they  departed  from 
before  Cadiz,  everyone  shifted  for  themselves,  and  that  if  they  had 
tarried  at  sea  but  three  days  more,  they  had  been  famished.  That 
the  Duke  is  in  St.  Andera,  they  having  left  him  about  Cape  Clear, 
and  that  great  fault  is  attributed  to  him,  as  also  one  Francisco 
Eveito,  the  victualler  of  Lisbon,  who  put  to  the  King's  account 
six  months'  victuals,  and  they  have  not  above  three  months',  and 
the  powder  has  gone  no  man  can  tell  whither. 

Such  soldiers  as  have  come  home  are  sent  12  leagues  into  the 
country,  and  are  reported  to  be  in  labouring  men's  houses  till  next 
spring,  when  they  will  be  doing  again ;  but  I  cannot  see  how,  for  he 
has  no  mariners  to  send  out  half  the  strength  he  did  before.  They 
are  still  making  great  provision  of  beans  and  biscuit  in  St.  Sebas- 
tian's, which  may  be  on  account  of  wheat"  being  very  scant  and 
dear  in  Lisbon  and  Andalusia,  and  that,  ere  the  year  is  gone,  there 
will  be  great  famine  among  them. 

The  French  King  has  given  licence  to  all  men  of  his  country  to 
carry  wheat  into  Spain,  which  is  an  evident  sign  of  scarcity.  Six 
weeks  since,  nine  ships  departed  from  Bilboa,  and  three  fi-om  St. 
Sebastian's,  bound  for  the  Groyne,  laden  with  bread,  beans,  and 
bacon,  which  should  have  gone  with  other  victuals  from  Lisbon,  for 
the  army,  if  they  had  had  good  success,  and  with  10,000  soldiers 
for  a  new  supply,  and  many  say  they  have  left  the  Groyne,  but  there 
is  no  certainty. 

There  are  14  small  barks  laden  with  biscuit  and  bound  for  the 
Groyne,  riding  at  the  passage  by  St.  Sebastian's  (unless  they  have 
had  orders  to  depart  since  the  arrival  of  Captain  Oquendo)  and  one 


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of  the  four  galleys  that  was  with  the  fleet  bound  for  England,  which 
put  into  Bluett  in  Brittany,  by  foul  weather,  and  afterwards,  coming 
for  Spain,  was  driven  into  the  Passage.  There  are  also  laden  in 
these  barks  15,000  pikes,  without  heads,  10,000  arquebuses,  and 
5,000  muskets. 

All  last  year  Irishmen  came  to  Bilboa,  St.  Sebastian's,  and  the 
Groyne,  with  French  and  Scottish  ships,  laden  with  wheat,  which 
the  King's  providers  took  up  for  biscuit ;  likewise  some  from  Water- 
ford  ^  with  hides ;  they  are  all  against  Her  Majesty,  and  speak 
villainous  words  respecting  her.  In  Ireland  they  freight  all  strangers, 
because  the  wheat  they  carry  forth  they  enter  for  Kochelle,  or 
this  place,  and  afterwards  go  for  Spain  with  it,  and  so  take  false 
testimonials  from  hence,  for  two  or  three  crowns,  that  they  discharged 
here,  and  their  men  will  not  say  a  word  about  it,  as  they  would  not 
be  kept  in  work.  It  would  be  well  if  the  Queen  prohibited  the 
export  of  any  wheat  from  England  this  year,  by  any  French  or  other 
shipping,  for  all  France  is  not  able  to  furnish  the  King  of  Spain 
with  what  he  will  need. 

A  month  after  the  fleet  departed  from  the  coast  of  Spain,  news  came 
from  Don  Borlendipo  [Bernardino  ?],  the  Spanish  Ambassador  from 
Paris,  that  the  Spaniards  had  the  victory  ;  I  was  at  the  reading  of  the 
letters  in  SS.  [St.  Sebastian's].  They  stated  that  the  Lord  Admiral 
and  Sir  Fras.  Drake  had  been  taken,  with  the  loss  of  many  of  Iler 
Majesty's  ships,  and  that  Plymouth,  the  Wight,  [Southjampton, 
and  Portsmouth,  were  in  the  hands  of  the  Spaniards,  who  thought 
to  be  in  London  in  a  few  days.  Upon  this  news,  the  towns  made 
great  feasts  all  that  day,  running  the  streets  on  horseback  with 
rich  apparel,  and  crying  out  that  the  great  dog  Fras.  Drake  was  a 
prisoner  in  chains  and  fetters  ;  and  at  night,  made  bonfires  and 
reviled  on  Her  Majesty,  and  broke  all  my  windows  with  stones  ;  but 
since  their  ships  have  come  to  the  Passage,  they  all  hang  down  their 
heads  like  cur-dogs,  and  are  ashamed  of  all  they  did.  The  King 
keeps  in  the  Escurial,  and  no  one  dares  speak  to  him,  for  all  the 
world  laughs  him  to  scorn.  Many  English  rebels  went  in  the  fleet, 
and  amongst  others,  Eichard  Burley,  and  a  brother  of  his,  who 
I  understand  is  taken  ;  if  so,  he  can  discover  many  things,  and  serve 
for  a  spy  between  England  and  Spain,  for  he  has  served  the  King  in 
Flanders,  and  had  25  crowns  a  month,  and  there  were  many  more 
such  in  the  army. 

The  ship  that  this  letter  goes  in  is  of  Liverpool,  and  the  bearer 
is  Thos.  Wolfoll,  servant  to  the  Earl  of  Derby.  There  are  also 
three  poor  Irish  mariners  who  have  been  in  the  Spanish  army,  and 
taken  per  force  to  serve.  The  Spaniards  took  three  or  four  English 
fishing  boats  on  the  north  of  England,  with  14  men,  whom  they 
still  keep  aboard  them,  and  that  is  all  the  valiantness  they  did,  and 
have  come  home  sore  beaten.  They  kept  their  men  under  hatches, 
thinking  they  would  be  more  secure,  but  Her  Majesty's  ships  beat 
them  so  low  with  cannon  that  they  destroyed  more  men  than  they 
would' have  done  had  they  been  allowed  to  come  up.  The  King 
may  pretend  to  do  much,  but  he  has  no  mariners,  and  all  such  as 


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come  home  say  openly  that  ere  they  will  go  again,  they  will  be 
hanged  by  the  ears.  Garsia  de  Arye,  the  General  of  Fontarabia  is 
dead.  He  was  out  of  the  King's  favour  about  the  harness  (?)  that 
he  was  to  have  had,  of  which  I  wrote  you  in  my  letter  sent  by 
Thos.  Shoote  of  London,  who  was  prisoner  in  Bayonne.  The  varlet 
that  called  himself  Her  Majesty's  son  is  in  Madrid,  and  is  allowed 
two  crowns  a  day  for  his  table,  but  cannot  go  anywhere  without  his 
keepers,  and  has  a  house  for  a  prison. 

Wm.  Snow,  another  English  rebel,  has  lately  come  from  the  Court 
to  St.  Sebastian's  to  spy  out  matters,  and  advise  Don  Juan  de 
Idiaques,  the  King's  chief  councillor ;  another  named  Roger  Jones 
remains  in  the  same  town.  God  send  them  the  same  success  as 
others  have  had  at  Tyburn.  The  country  is  full  of  Irish  prelates, 
and  although  the  King  packed  many  of  them  into  the  army,  they 
still  increase.  They  come  from  France  by  way  of  Nantes,  and  so  to 
BiJboa. 

P.S.— The  Spanish  have  news,  by  way  of  France,  that  Sir  Fras. 
Drake  is  abroad  again,  with  70  sail,  and  show  great  fear  of  him. 
A  man  of  55  took  an  arquebus  in  his  hand,  not  thinking  it  was 
charged,  and  in  showing  his  friend  how  he  would  serve  Sir  Fras. 
Drake,  the  piece  went  off,  and  killed  his  friend,  and  the  man  is  now 
in  charge.     [3  pages.l 

Sept.  28.  111.  Project  by  Sir  Thos.  Sherley(?  )  showing  how  most  part  of 
Her  Majesty's  treasure  may  be  kept  within  the  realm,  and  the 
soldier  better  used  than  he  is  now. 

1.  Her  Majesty  now  lends  to  every  foot  company  201.  in  ready 
money,  but  if  she  would  allow  2U.,  whereof  81.  should  be  in 
money  and  161.  in  victuals,  there  might  be  saved  within  the  realm 
G881.  per  week,  or  35,976?.  a  year.  [The  victualler  shall  be  bound 
to  serve  the  soldier  with  as  good  victuals,  and  at  as  reasonable  a 
price  as  he  can  buy  in  the  market.] 

2.  If  she  continues  the  clothing  of  the  soldiers,  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  King  of  Spain,  twice  a  year,  it  will  amount  in  the 
year  to  24,000f.     [It  is  required  every  half  year.] 

3.  The  pay  of  1,000  horse  amounts  to  30,000Z.  a  year,  whereof 
hali  is  paid  by  weekly  imprests.  Now  if  she  will  assure  the  parties 
that  the  credit  thej'  give  to  the  captains  and  soldiers,  in  horse, 
arms,  and  apparel,  not  exceeding  his  full  pay,  shall  be  answered 
here  in  England  every  six  months,  the  said  parties,  upon  receipt 
of  the  weekly  lendings,  will  pay  the  value  thereof  to  the  Trea- 
surer at  War  or  his  deputies  on  the  other  side,  by  whiph 
means  she  will  have  30,000?.  annually  within  the  realm  [SOL 
a  week  to  a  band  of  100  horse].  So  that  by  this  project,  the 
wliole  sum  which  may  be  yearly  saved  within  the  realm  will 
amount  to  89,976?. 

The  soldier  cannot  be  defrauded  in  victuals  ;  but  by  receiving  his 
pay  at  the  captain's  hands,  it  often  happens  he  is  abridged  of  what 
is  due  to  him.  There  is  required,  towards  tlie  performance  hereof, 
an  imprest  of  3,000?.,  besides  the  magazine  remaining.    [There  is 


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Vol.  XXX, 

2,000Z.  in  Flushing  and  1,600Z.  in  Ostend,  whereof  1001.  is  for  clothes]. 
[1  page.  The  words  in  brackets  are  margi/nal  notes,  and  all  hut 
the  first  hy  Lord  Burghley.'] 

112.  Christopher  Coult  to  Lord  Burghley.  I  am  an  Englishman, 
and  a  traveller  for  22  years  in  divers  countries,  and  have  seen  many 
things  worth  learning  ;  but  the  grossness  of  my  capacity  is  such  that 
out  of  all,  I  have  learned  the  smallest  and  least  worthy  of  commen- 
dation, which  is  for  a  perfect  way  to  find  out  saltpetre  and  the 
making  of  powder,  both  good  and  profitable ;  and  as  in  this  time 
of  trouble  there  has  been  want  of  powder,  or  it  has  been  at  most 
unreasonable  rates,  I  have  wondered  thereat,  considering  the  climate 
of  our  country,  the  situation  of  our  ancient  buildings,  and  so  many 
of  these  'prowling  fellows  who  have  Her  Majesty's  commission,  but 
rather  take  bribes  than  seek  to  serve  their  Prince  ind  country, 
or  else  most  of  them  are  ignorant  in  that  profession. 

As  I  know  you  to  be  a  father  to  our  country,  a  husband  to 
Her  Majesty's  afiairs,  and  a  continual  carer  for  the  Commonwealth, 
I  write  you  that  for  the  service  I  owe  to  my  Prince  and  country, 
I  would  have  come  over,  but  having  rnarried  a  gentleman's  daughter 
of  good  calling  in  this  country,  and  being  in  a  powder  mill,  with 
freedom  to  seek  and  sell  saltpetre,  I  have  300 J.  or  400Z.  a  year,  so  that 
I  cannot  so  lightly  alter  my  being:  Notwithstanding,  to  pleasure 
my  country,  upon  good  grounds  of  promised  maintenance  by  Her 
Majesty  or  you,  as  my  deserts  shall  merit,  I  will  show  the  way  to 
find  out  more  saltpetre  and  powder  than  all  England  shall  need,  and 
at  reasonable  rates,  or  lose  my  life. 

Noted  as  a  copy  of  a  letter  sent  to  Burghley  by  Jas.  Sevell,  master 
of  the  Elizabeth  Bonadventure,  from  Elbing.     [1^-  pages.] 

113.  Note  of  the  increase  of  the  weekly  imprests  in  the  army  in 
the  Low  Countries,  showing  that  2821.  10s.  lOd.  may  be  yearly 
saved  in  each  company,  which  for  43  companies  would  amount  to 
12,149Z.  6s.  2d.     [1  page,  noted  hy  Burghley.] 

Oct.  31.  114.  Ambrose  Earl  of  Warwick  to  Dr.  Dale,  Master  of  Requests. 
Northampton.  There  IS  a  matter  long  in  controversy  between  Christian  Hickeman, 
plaintiff,  and  my  servant,  Thos.  James,  touching  lands  in  -  North 
Minns,  co.  Herts.  Pray  do  my  servant  all  the  favour  which  in 
justice  you  may.  It  seems  a  matter  rather  of  vexation  than  of  any 
right  or  titJe,  as  my  servant's  father  purchased  the  land  of  those 
who  had  the  inheritance  and  the  right  to  sell  it,  and  he  and  his 
father  have  been  in  quiet  possession  50  years.     [|  page.] 

Oct.?  115.  Note  of  munition  received  by  Sir  Nich.  Parker,  master  of 

Ordnance  for  the  forces  in  France,  on  21  Sept.  last,  from  Sir  Eobt. 
Constable  and  others,  stating  the  proportions  delivered  to  Lord 
General  Willoughby,  and  the  remainder  to  Otwell  Smith  at  Dieppe. 
[2  pages.] 

Nov.  14.         Thos.   Dirke   to  Thos.  Windebank  at    Court.     Thanks   for  your 
Mioheldever.    courtesies  to  my  nephew  Norton,  who  finds  many  ready  to  say  well 


Oct.  24. 


258  DOMESTIC— ADDENDA,  ELIZABETH. 


1688.  Vol.  XXX. 

for  him,  but  none  more  ready  to  do  him  good  than  yourself,  for  my 
sake.  [^  poige.  On  the  same  sheet  is  a  drdft  letter  from  the  Queen 
to  Count  Mawnce  of  Nassau.    Holland  Corresp,;  \&  Nov.  1588.] 

Nov.  17.  116-  Project  for  keeping  the  treasure  within  the  realm  [m/mAla/r 
to  No.  Ill,  ante\,  with  a  few  additions. 

Also,  demonstration  of  the  pay  of  a  compainy  of  160  foot  by  the 
year,  and  of  the  distribution  of  the  before-mentioned  sum  of  24?.  6s. 
for  weekly  lendings,  and  what  may  be  yearly  savfed^  out  of  every 
company,  viz.,  9,999Z.  13s.  lOd. 

Also  seven  advantages  that  will  ensue  by  the  execution  of  tha 
project. 

1.  10,000?.  will  be  saved,  and  the  company  better  served  than 
before. 

2.  There  wiU  be  104,-334?.  16s.  kept  within  the  realm. 

3.  The  cloths  and  commodities  of  the  realm  will  have  vent  for 
so  much. 

4.  Persons  in  the  land  will  be  set  on  work. 

5.  The  soldier  will  have  sufficient  apparel,  meat,  and  drink,  and 
not  be  abused. 

6.  The  Queen's  name  will  not  be  engaged  for  credit  to  the 
soldiers  on  that  side. 

7.  There  will  always  be  a  magazine  of  victuals  at  Flushing, 
Brill,  Bergen-op-Zoom,  or  Ostend,  in  any  sudden  necessity. 
With  note  that  two  months'  imprest  to  the  army,  at  28  days  to  the 

month,  will  be  12,550?.  by  this  establishment.  [3  foges.  Endorsed 
by  Burghley,  "  The  second  hook,  Sir  Thos.  Sherley."] 

[Nov.  17.]  117.  Copy  of  the  above,  except  the  note;  with  request  for  an 
answer,  that  the  parties  may  know  how  to  dispose  their  trade,  as 
they  will  want  more  than  a  month  after  receipt  of  the  imprests. 
[3  pages.'] 

[Nov.  17.]       118.  Copy  of  part  of  the  above,     m  pages.] 

Nov.  20.  119.  Receipt  by  Sir  William  Bowes,  and  by  William.